Appropriateness of Antibiotic Prescribing for Acute Sinusitis in Primary Care: A Cross-sectional Study

Katie N. Truitt; Tiffany Brown; Ji Young Lee; Jeffrey A. Linder

doi:10.1093/cid/ciaa736

Appropriateness of Antibiotic Prescribing for Acute Sinusitis in Primary Care: A Cross-sectional Study

Katie N. Truitt, Tiffany Brown, Ji Young Lee, Jeffrey A. Linder^*

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Abstract

The proportion of sinusitis visits that meet antibiotic prescribing criteria is unknown. Of 425 randomly selected sinusitis visits, 50% (214) met antibiotic prescribing criteria. There was no significant difference in antibiotic prescribing at visits that did (205/214 [96%]) and did not (193/211 [92%]; P=.07) meet antibiotic prescribing criteria.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	311-314
Number of pages	4
Journal	Clinical Infectious Diseases
Volume	72
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa736
State	Published - Jan 15 2021

Keywords

antibacterial agents
clinical decision-making
primary health care
respiratory tract infections
sinusitis

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Infectious Diseases

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