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Preventing and Controlling Antibiotic Resistance

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Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices

Corbett KK, Gonzales R, Leeman-Castillo BA, Flores E, Maselli J, Kafadar K: Appropriate antibiotic use: variation in knowledge and awareness by Hispanic ethnicity and language. Prev Med. 2005 Feb;40(2):162-9. (Search in PubMed for Link)

Cummings KC, Rosenberg J, Vugia DJ: Beliefs about appropriate antibacterial therapy, California. Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Jul;11(7);1138-41

Friedman JF, Lee GM, Kleinman KP, Finkelsein JA: Acute Care and Antibiotic Seeking for Upper Respiratory Tract Infections for Children in Day Care: Parental Knowledge and Day Care Center Policies. Arch Pediatr Adolesc med. 2003;157: 369-374

Gaur AH, Hare ME, Shorr RI: Provider and Practice Characteristics Associated With Antibiotic Use in Children With Presumed Viral Respiratory Tract Infections. Pediatrics 2005 Mar; 115(3):635-641

Hupert N, Chege W, Bearman GM, Pelzman FN. Antibiotics for anthrax: patient requests and physician prescribing practices during the 2001 New York City attacks. Arch Intern Med. 2004 Oct 11; 164(18):2012-6.

Kumar S, Little P, Britten N. Why do general practitioners prescribe antibiotics for sore throat? Grounded theory interview study. BMJ. 2003 Jan 18;326(7381):138

Lee GM, Friedman JF, Ross-Degnan D, Hibberd PL, Goldmann DA. Misconceptions about colds and predictors of health service utilization. Pediatrics. 2003 Feb; 111(2): 231-6

Mainous AG 3rd, Zoorob RJ, Oler MJ, Haynes DM. Patient knowledge of upper respiratory infections: implications for antibiotic expectations and unnecessary utilization. J Fam Pract. 1997 Jul;45(1):75-83.

McKee DM, Miills L, Mainous AG 3rd. Antibiotic use for the treatment of upper respiratory infections in a diverse community.

M'ikanatha NM, Julian KG, Kunselman AR, Aber RC, Rankin JT, Lautenbach E. Patients' request for and emergency physicians' prescription of antimicrobial prophylaxis for anthrax during the 2001 bioterrorism-related outbreak. BMC Public Health. 2005 Jan 05;5(1):2.

Srinivasan A, Song X, Richards A, Sinkowitz-Cochran R, Cardo D, Rand C. A Survey of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs of House Staff Physicians From Various Specialties Concerning Antimicrobial Use and Resistance. Arch Intern Med. 2004; 164: 1451-1456

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