Antibiotic Resistance:
Selected References

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Otitis media (middle ear infection)
Cough Illness/Bronchitis
Pharyngitis (sore throat)
Sinusitis
Trends In Antibiotic Prescribing
Interventions to Reduce Inappropriate Use of Antibiotics
Impact of Antibiotic Prescribing on Resistance
Knowledge and Attitudes About Antibiotic Use

Otitis Media

• "Acute otitis media and acute bacterial sinusitis."  Clin Infect Dis 2011;52 (suppl 4):S277-S283. Article
  
• "Treatment of acute otitis media in children under 2 years of age."  N Engl J Med 2011;364:105-15. Article
  
• "A placebo-controlled trial of antimicrobial treatment for acute otitis media."  N Engl J Med 2011;364:116-26. Article
  
• "Diagnosis, microbial epidemiology, and antibiotic treatment of acute otitis media in children:  a systematic review."  JAMA 2010; 304:2161-2169. Abstract
  
• "Treatment failure, recurrence, and antibiotic prescription rates for different acute otitis media treatment methods."  Clin Pediatr 2010;49:970-975. Abstract
  
• "Short-course antibiotics for acute otitis media".  Cochrane Database of Syst Rev  2010.  Abstract

Cough Illness/Bronchitis

• "Diagnosis and treatment of acute bronchitis."  Am Fam Physician 2010;82:1345-50.   Article
• "Short- versus long-duration antimicrobial treatment for exacerbations of chronic bronchitis:  a meta-analysis." J of Antimicrob Chemother 2008;62:442-450. Article
• "Comparison of first-line with second-line antibiotics for acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis" CHEST 2007; 132: 447-55. Article
  
  

Pharyngitis

• "Prevalence of streptococcal pharyngitis and streptococcal carriage in children:  a meta-analysis."  Pediatrics 2010;126;e557. Article
  
• "Prevention of rheumatic fever and diagnosis and treatment of acute streptococcal pharyngitis."  A scientific statement from the American Heart Association Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis, and Kawasaki Disease Committee of the Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, the Interdisciplinary Council on Functional Genomics and Translational Biology, and the Interdisciplinary Council on Quality of Care and outcomes Research:  endorsed by the America Academy of Pediatrics.  Circulation 2009;119:1541-51. Article

Sinusitis

• "Amoxicillin for Acute Rhinosinusitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial." JAMA. 2012;307(7):685-692. Article
• "Rhinosinusitis diagnosis and management for the clinician: a synopsis of recent consensus guidelines." Mayo Clin Proc 2011;86:427-443. Article
• "Clinical practice guideline on adult sinusitis." Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 2007;137:365-377. Abstract
• "The diagnosis and management of sinusitis: a practice parameter update." J allergy Clin Immunol 2005;116:S13-47. Article

Trends In

Antibiotic Prescribing

• "Geographic variation in outpatient antibiotic prescribing among older adults." Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(19):1465-1471. Abstract
• "National trends in visit rates and antibiotic prescribing for children with acute sinusitis." Pediatrics 2011;127:28-34. Article
• "Management of acute otitis media after publication of the 2004 AAP and AAFP Clinical Practice Guideline." Pediatrics 2010;125:214-220. Article
• "Antibiotic prescription rates for acute respiratory tract infections in US ambulatory settings." JAMA 2009;302:758-66. Article
• "Trends in acute otitis media-related health care utilization by privately insured young children in the US, 1997-2004." Pediatrics 2008;121:253-260. Article
• "Declining antibiotic prescriptions for upper respiratory infections, 1993-2004. Acad Emerg Med 2007;14:366-69. Article

Interventions to Reduce Inappropriate Use of Antibiotics

• "The evolving threat of antimicrobial resistance: Options for action." WHO 2012. Article
• Training family physicians in shared decision-making to reduce the overuse of antibiotics in acute respiratory infections: A cluster randomized trial. CMAJ 2012, doi: 10.1503/cmaj.120568. Article
• "Reduction in antibiotic use following a cluster randomized controlled multifaceted intervention: The Israeli judicious antibiotic prescription study." Clin Infect Dis 2011;53:33-41. Article
• "Characteristics and outcomes of public campaigns aimed at improving the use of antibiotics in outpatients in high-income countries." Lancet Infect Dis 2010 Jan;10:17-31. Abstract
  
• "Sustainability for behavior change in the fight against antibiotic resistance: a social marketing framework." Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2009;63:230-7. Article
  
• "Documentation-based clinical decision support to improve antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory infections in primary care: A cluster randomized controlled trial." Informatics in Primary Care 2009;17:231-40. Article
• "Get Smart Colorado: impact of a mass media campaign to improve community antibiotic use." Med Care 2008;46:597-605. Abstract
• "Interventions to reduce unnecessary antibiotic prescribing: a systematic review and quantitative analysis." Medical Care 2008;46:847-862. Abstract
• "Impact of statewide program to promote appropriate antimicrobial drug use." Emerg Infect Dis 2005;11:912-20. Article


• "Clinical decision support and appropriateness of antimicrobial prescribing." JAMA 2005;294(18):2305-2314. Article

Impact of Antibiotic Prescribing on Resistance

• "Effect of antibiotic prescribing in primary care on antimicrobial resistance in individual patients: systematic review and meta-analysis." BMJ 2010;340: c2096 Article


• "Effect of azithromycin and clarithromycin therapy on pharyngeal carriage of macrolide-resistant streptococci in healthy volunteers: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study." The Lancet 2007;369:482-90. Abstract


• "Antibacterial use and Streptococcus pneumonia penicillin resistance: A temporal relationship model." Microbial Drug Resistance 2006;12:158-63. Article


• "Reduction of antibiotic use in the community reduces the rate of colonization with penicillin G-nonsusceptible Streptcoccus pneumonia." Clinical Infectious Diseases 2005;41:930-38 Article

Knowledge and Attitudes About
Antibiotic Use

• "Sustainability for behavior change in the fight against antibiotic resistance: a social marketing framework." Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2009;63:230-37 Article

• "Physician responses to a community-level trial promoting judicious antibiotic use." Annals of Family Medicine 2008;6:206-12 Article

• "Antibiotic use for emergency department patients with upper respiratory infections: prescribing practices, patient expectations, and patient satisfaction." Annals Emergency Med 2007;50:213-220 Abstract

• "Clinician knowledge and beliefs after statewide program to promote appropriate antimicrobial drug use." Emerg Infect Dis 2005;11:904-11 Article