Seasonality of Antibiotic‐ResistantStreptococcus pneumoniaeThat Causes Acute Otitis Media: A Clue for an Antibiotic‐Restriction Policy? | Zendy

Ron Dagan | Zendy; Galia Barkai | Zendy; Noga GivonLavi | Zendy; Amir Sharf | Zendy; Daniel Vardy | Zendy; Ted Cohen | Zendy; Marc Lipsitch | Zendy; David Greenberg | Zendy

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Seasonality of Antibiotic‐ResistantStreptococcus pneumoniaeThat Causes Acute Otitis Media: A Clue for an Antibiotic‐Restriction Policy?

Author(s) -

Ron Dagan,

Galia Barkai,

Noga GivonLavi,

Amir Sharf,

Daniel Vardy,

Ted Cohen,

Marc Lipsitch,

David Greenberg

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

the journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69

H-Index - 252

eISSN - 1537-6613

pISSN - 0022-1899

DOI - 10.1086/528995

Subject(s) - streptococcus pneumoniae , antibiotics , antibiotic resistance , medicine , medical prescription , demography , pneumococcal infections , seasonality , otitis , pediatrics , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , surgery , ecology , pharmacology , sociology

It is unclear whether reducing antibiotic prescriptions can reduce rates of resistance once resistance becomes prevalent. We attempted to determine whether reduced antibiotic consumption, which is observed yearly in children during the warm season, is associated with a reduction in antibiotic resistance in pneumococcal acute otitis media (AOM).

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