290
Views
60
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Article

Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in General Practice: Diagnosis, Antibiotic Prescribing, Duration of Symptoms and Use of Diagnostic Tests

Pages 880-886 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

Keep up to date with the latest research on this topic with citation updates for this article.

Read on this site (15)

Camilla Flintholm Raft, Lars Bjerrum, Magnus Arpi, Jens Otto Jarløv & Jette Nygaard Jensen. (2017) Delayed antibiotic prescription for upper respiratory tract infections in children under primary care: Physicians’ views. European Journal of General Practice 23:1, pages 191-196.
Read now
Rabiatul Salmi Rezal, Mohamed Azmi Hassali, Alian A Alrasheedy, Fahad Saleem, Faridah Aryani Md Yusof, Mardhiyah Kamal, Rosminah Mohd Din & Brian Godman. (2015) Prescribing patterns for upper respiratory tract infections: a prescription-review of primary care practice in Kedah, Malaysia, and the implications. Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy 13:12, pages 1547-1556.
Read now
Nanna Rún Sigurðardóttir, Anni Brit Sternhagen Nielsen, Anders Munck & Lars Bjerrum. (2015) Appropriateness of antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory tract infections in general practice: Comparison between Denmark and Iceland. Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care 33:4, pages 269-274.
Read now
Kathrine Bagger, Anni B Sternhagen Nielsen, Volkert Siersma & Lars Bjerrum. (2015) Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing and demand for antibiotics in patients with upper respiratory tract infections is hardly different in female versus male patients as seen in primary care. European Journal of General Practice 21:2, pages 118-123.
Read now
Ann Marlene Gram Christensen, Marianne Kragh Thomsen, Therese Ovesen & Tejs Ehlers Klug. (2014) Are procalcitonin or other infection markers useful in the detection of group A streptococcal acute tonsillitis?. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases 46:5, pages 376-383.
Read now
Lars Christian Jørgensen, Sarah Friis Christensen, Gloria Cordoba Currea, Carl Llor & Lars Bjerrum. (2013) Antibiotic prescribing in patients with acute rhinosinusitis is not in agreement with European recommendations. Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care 31:2, pages 101-105.
Read now
Lina Jaruseviciene, Ruta Radzeviciene Jurgute, Lars Bjerrum, Arnoldas Jurgutis, Gediminas Jarusevicius & Jeffrey V. Lazarus. (2013) Enabling factors for antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory tract infections: Perspectives of Lithuanian and Russian general practitioners . Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences 118:2, pages 98-104.
Read now
Ashish Pathak, Kalpana Mahadik, S. P. Dhaneria, Ashish Sharma, Bo Eriksson & Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg. (2011) Antibiotic prescribing in outpatients: Hospital and seasonal variations in Ujjain, India. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases 43:6-7, pages 479-488.
Read now
Thomas Neumark, Lars Brudin, Sven Engström & Sigvard Mölstad. (2009) Trends in number of consultations and antibiotic prescriptions for respiratory tract infections between 1999 and 2005 in primary healthcare in Kalmar County, Southern Sweden. Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care 27:1, pages 18-24.
Read now
Ola Sunnergren, Jonas Swanberg & Sigvard Mölstad. (2008) Incidence, microbiology and clinical history of peritonsillar abscesses. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases 40:9, pages 752-755.
Read now
Morten Lindbaek, Nick Francis, Rebecca Cannings-John, Christopher C. Butler & Per Hjortdahl. (2006) Clinical course of suspected viral sore throat in young adults: Cohort study. Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care 24:2, pages 93-97.
Read now
Jorma Leistevuo, Solja Huikko, Ulla-Maija Rautakorpi, Tiina Leistevuo, Pekka O. Honkanen, Timo Klaukka, Marjukka Mäkelä, Erkki Palva, Risto Roine, Hannu Sarkkinen, Helena Varonen, Pentti Huovinen & THE MIKSTRA COLLABORATIVE STUDY GROUP. (2005) Prescription rates and diagnostic patterns are stable: A comparison of high-, medium- and low-prescribing primary care physicians treating community-acquired respiratory tract infections. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases 37:6-7, pages 465-470.
Read now
Malin André, Åke Schwan & Inga Odenholt. (2004) The Use of CRP Tests in Patients with Respiratory Tract Infections in Primary Care in Sweden Can Be Questioned. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases 36:3, pages 192-197.
Read now
Sven Engström, Sigvard Mölstad, Gunnar Nilsson, Kjell Lindström & Lars Borgquist. (2004) Data from electronic patient records are suitable for surveillance of antibiotic prescriptions for respiratory tract infections in primary health care. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases 36:2, pages 139-143.
Read now

Articles from other publishers (45)

Kate M. Miller, Timothy C. Barnett, Daniel Cadarette, David E. Bloom, Jonathan R. Carapetis & Jeffrey W. Cannon. (2023) Antibiotic consumption for sore throat and the potential effect of a vaccine against group A Streptococcus: a systematic review and modelling study. eBioMedicine 98, pages 104864.
Crossref
Danijela Tončić, Svetlana Bogdanović, Nebojša Vacić, Ivana Gajević & Ivana Zlatković. (2023) Frequency and antibiotic resistance of bacterial agents causing respiratory tract infections in adults. PONS - medicinski casopis 20:1, pages 9-13.
Crossref
Arne Johan Norheim, Vinjar Magne Fønnebø, John Petter Lindeland, Terje Varpe, Trine Stub, Catarina Bigset & Agnete Egilsdatter Kristoffersen. (2023) Reflexology for acute rhinosinusitis – Results from a blinded, early-phase comparative trial. EXPLORE 19:1, pages 36-41.
Crossref
Chenxi Xu, Li Luo, Siyu Zeng, Xiaozhou He, Jialing Li & Guiju Zhu. (2022) What Promotes Medical Overuse: Perspective on Evolutionary Game between Administration and Medical Institutions. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine 2022, pages 1-15.
Crossref
Jon Pallon, Mattias Rööst, Martin Sundqvist & Katarina Hedin. (2021) The aetiology of pharyngotonsillitis in primary health care: a prospective observational study. BMC Infectious Diseases 21:1.
Crossref
Kok Hoe Chan, Sindhusha Veeraballi, Eyad Ahmed, Ramy Yakobi & Jihad Slim. (2021) A Case of Co-occurrence of COVID-19 and Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis. Cureus.
Crossref
Anna B Moberg, Olof Cronberg, Magnus Falk & Katarina Hedin. (2020) Change in the use of diagnostic tests in the management of lower respiratory tract infections: a register-based study in primary care. BJGP Open 4:1, pages bjgpopen20X101015.
Crossref
Erika A Saliba-Gustafsson, Alexandra Dunberger Hampton, Peter Zarb, Nicola Orsini, Michael A Borg & Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg. (2019) Factors associated with antibiotic prescribing in patients with acute respiratory tract complaints in Malta: a 1-year repeated cross-sectional surveillance study. BMJ Open 9:12, pages e032704.
Crossref
Cliodna McNulty, Meredith Hawking, Donna Lecky, Leah Jones, Rebecca Owens, André Charlett, Chris Butler, Philippa Moore & Nick Francis. (2018) Effects of primary care antimicrobial stewardship outreach on antibiotic use by general practice staff: pragmatic randomized controlled trial of the TARGET antibiotics workshop. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 73:5, pages 1423-1432.
Crossref
Molly L. Paras & Miriam B. Barshak. 2018. Infections of the Ears, Nose, Throat, and Sinuses. Infections of the Ears, Nose, Throat, and Sinuses 205 221 .
Steffen Haldrup, Reimar W. Thomsen, Flemming Bro, Robert Skov, Lars Bjerrum & Mette Søgaard. (2017) Microbiological point of care testing before antibiotic prescribing in primary care: considerable variations between practices. BMC Family Practice 18:1.
Crossref
Shannon Brownlee, Kalipso Chalkidou, Jenny Doust, Adam G Elshaug, Paul Glasziou, Iona Heath, Somil Nagpal, Vikas Saini, Divya Srivastava, Kelsey Chalmers & Deborah Korenstein. (2017) Evidence for overuse of medical services around the world. The Lancet 390:10090, pages 156-168.
Crossref
Gloria Cordoba, Lidia Caballero, Håkon Sandholdt, Fátima Arteaga, Monica Olinisky, Luis Fabián Ruschel, Marjukka Makela & Lars Bjerrum. (2017) Antibiotic prescriptions for suspected respiratory tract infection in primary care in South America. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 72:1, pages 305-310.
Crossref
Julia Strumiło, Sławomir Chlabicz, Barbara Pytel-Krolczuk, Ludmiła Marcinowicz, Dorota Rogowska-Szadkowska & Anna Justyna Milewska. (2016) Combined assessment of clinical and patient factors on doctors’ decisions to prescribe antibiotics. BMC Family Practice 17:1.
Crossref
Alessandro Zanasi, Salvatore Cazzato, Massimiliano Mazzolini, Carla Maria Sofia Ierna, Marianna Mastroroberto, Elena Nardi & Antonio Maria Morselli-Labate. (2015) Does additional antimicrobial treatment have a better effect on URTI cough resolution than homeopathic symptomatic therapy alone? A real-life preliminary observational study in a pediatric population. Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 10:1.
Crossref
Sven Streit, Peter Frey, Sarah Singer, Ueli Bollag & Damian N Meli. (2015) Clinical and haematological predictors of antibiotic prescribing for acute cough in adults in Swiss practices – an observational study. BMC Family Practice 16:1.
Crossref
Anneli Ahovuo-Saloranta, Ulla-Maija Rautakorpi, Oleg V Borisenko, Helena Liira, John W Williams Jr & Marjukka Mäkelä. (2015) Antibiotics for acute maxillary sinusitis in adults. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2015:10.
Crossref
Anthony R. Flores & Mary T. Caserta. 2015. Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases 753 759.e2 .
Pedro Gutierrez-CastrellonGabriel Lopez-Velazquez, Luisa Diaz-Garcia, Carlos Jimenez-Gutierrez, Javier Mancilla-Ramirez, Juliana Estevez-Jimenez & Minerva Parra. (2014) Diarrhea in Preschool Children and Lactobacillus reuteri : A Randomized Controlled Trial . Pediatrics 133:4, pages e904-e909.
Crossref
Anneli Ahovuo-Saloranta, Ulla-Maija Rautakorpi, Oleg V Borisenko, Helena Liira, John W Williams Jr & Marjukka Mäkelä. 1996. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
Myeong Soo Lee, Jun-Yong Choi, Myung-Sunny Kim, Eun Jin Yang & Edzard Ernst. 1996. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
Fátima Roque, Sara Soares, Luiza Breitenfeld, Ana López-Durán, Adolfo Figueiras & Maria Teresa Herdeiro. (2013) Attitudes of community pharmacists to antibiotic dispensing and microbial resistance: a qualitative study in Portugal. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy 35:3, pages 417-424.
Crossref
Archana Sood, Preeti Chauhan, Manisha Jain, Pradeep Dabla & Sanjay Sood. (2013) Serum PCT and CRP Levels in Upper Respiratory Tract Infections as a Marker of Infection. An International Journal Clinical Rhinology 6:1, pages 1-4.
Crossref
Lars Bjerrum, Anders Munck, Bente Gahrn-Hansen, Malene Plejdrup Hansen, Dorte Ejg Jarbol, Gloria Cordoba, Carl Llor, Josep Maria Cots, Silvia Hernández, Beatriz González López-Valcárcel, Antonia Pérez, Lidia Caballero, Walter von der Heyde, Ruta Radzeviciene, Arnoldas Jurgutis, Anatoliy Reutskiy, Elena Egorova, Eva Lena Strandberg, Ingvar Ovhed, Sigvard Mölstad, Robert Vander Stichele, Ria Benko, Vera Vlahovic-Palcevski, Christos Lionis & Marit Rønning. (2011) Health Alliance for prudent antibiotic prescribing in patients with respiratory tract infections (HAPPY AUDIT) -impact of a non-randomised multifaceted intervention programme. BMC Family Practice 12:1.
Crossref
Myeong Soo Lee, Jun-Yong Choi, Myung-Sunny Kim, Eun Jin Yang & Edzard Ernst. 1996. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
Lars Bjerrum, Anders Munck, Bente Gahrn-Hansen, Malene Plejdrup Hansen, Dorte Jarboel, Carl Llor, Josep Maria Cots, Silvia Hernández, Beatriz González López-Valcárcel, Antoñia Pérez, Lidia Caballero, Walter von der Heyde, Ruta Radzeviviene, Arnoldas Jurgutis, Anatoliy Reutskiy, Elena Egorova, Eva Lena Strandberg, Ingvar Ovhed, Sigvard Molstad, Robert vander Stichele, Ria Benko, Vera Vlahovic-Palcevski, Christos Lionis & Marit Rønning. (2010) Health Alliance for Prudent Prescribing, Yield and Use of Antimicrobial Drugs in the Treatment of Respiratory Tract Infections (HAPPY AUDIT). BMC Family Practice 11:1.
Crossref
Richard B. Thomson. 2010. Topley & Wilson's Microbiology and Microbial Infections. Topley & Wilson's Microbiology and Microbial Infections.
MARY T. CASERTA & ANTHONY R. FLORES. 2010. Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases 815 821 .
Francisca Rivera Casares, Juliana Fernández Molina, Lara González García & Ma José Richart Rufino. (2009) Utilización de antibióticos en infecciones respiratorias agudas en atención primaria. Atención Primaria 41:11, pages 653-654.
Crossref
Frank Dobbs. (2009) Acute Sinusitis in Primary Care. InnovAiT: Education and inspiration for general practice 2:1, pages 56-58.
Crossref
Thomas FischerSusanne Fischer, Wolfgang Himmel, Michael M. Kochen & Eva Hummers-Pradier. (2008) Family Practitioners' Diagnostic Decision-Making Processes Regarding Patients with Respiratory Tract Infections: An Observational Study. Medical Decision Making 28:6, pages 810-818.
Crossref
Johan Struwe. (2008) Fighting antibiotic resistance in Sweden – past, present and futureKampf gegen Antibiotikaresistenzen in Schweden – einst, jetzt und in Zukunft. Wiener klinische Wochenschrift 120:9-10, pages 268-279.
Crossref
Anneli Ahovuo-Saloranta, Ulla-Maija Rautakorpi, Oleg V Borisenko, Helena Liira, John W Williams Jr & Marjukka Mäkelä. 1996. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
Jim Young, An De Sutter, Dan Merenstein, Gerrit A van Essen, Laurent Kaiser, Helena Varonen, Ian Williamson & Heiner C Bucher. (2008) Antibiotics for adults with clinically diagnosed acute rhinosinusitis: a meta-analysis of individual patient data. The Lancet 371:9616, pages 908-914.
Crossref
S Mölstad, M Erntell, H Hanberger, E Melander, C Norman, G Skoog, C Stålsby Lundborg, A Söderström, E Torell & O Cars. (2008) Sustained reduction of antibiotic use and low bacterial resistance: 10-year follow-up of the Swedish Strama programme. The Lancet Infectious Diseases 8:2, pages 125-132.
Crossref
Merci MH Kusel, Nicholas De Klerk, Patrick G Holt, Louis I Landau & Peter D Sly. (2007) Occurrence and management of acute respiratory illnesses in early childhood. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 43:3, pages 139-146.
Crossref
Nevena Todorović, Nataša Pilipović-Broćeta, Suzana Savić, Mladen Šukalo, Lana Nežić & Gordana Tešanović. (2007) Treatment of acute infections of the upper respiratory tract in family medicine practice. Scripta Medica 38:2, pages 71-77.
Crossref
Elke Jeschke, Claudia Lüke, Thomas Ostermann, Manuela Tabali, Julia Hübner & Harald Matthes. (2007) Verordnungsverhalten anthroposophisch orientierter Ärzte bei akuten Infektionen der oberen Atemwege. Complementary Medicine Research 14:4, pages 207-215.
Crossref
U.-M. Rautakorpi, S. Huikko, P. Honkanen, T. Klaukka, M. Makela, E. Palva, R. Roine, H. Sarkkinen, H. Varonen & P. Huovinen. (2006) The Antimicrobial Treatment Strategies (MIKSTRA) Program: A 5-Year Follow-Up of Infection-Specific Antibiotic Use in Primary Health Care and the Effect of Implementation of Treatment Guidelines. Clinical Infectious Diseases 42:9, pages 1221-1230.
Crossref
J. Gaillat. (2005) Impact des recommandations sur l’usage des antibiotiques en médecine de ville. Antibiotiques 7:4, pages 213-218.
Crossref
Annemiek E. Akkerman, Marijke M. Kuyvenhoven, Johannes C. van der Wouden & Theo J. M. Verheij. (2005) Analysis of under- and overprescribing of antibiotics in acute otitis media in general practice. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 56:3, pages 569-574.
Crossref
M. Čižman, T. Srovin, M. Pokorn, S. Čad Pečar & S. Battelino. (2005) Analysis of the causes and consequences of decreased antibiotic consumption over the last 5 years in Slovenia. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 55:5, pages 758-763.
Crossref
Masahiro J. Morikawa. (2005) Prevalence of antibiotic use for acute respiratory infection in a primary care clinic in post-war Kabul province, Afghanistan. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 25:2, pages 182-183.
Crossref
Daniel A. Rettl, Alexander Schandlbauer & Mircea Trandafir. (2022) Employee Health and Firm Performance. SSRN Electronic Journal.
Crossref
Daniel A. Rettl, Alexander Schandlbauer & Mircea Trandafir. (2022) Employee Health and Firm Performance. SSRN Electronic Journal.
Crossref

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.