Changing Use of Antibiotics in Community-Based Outpatient Practice, 1991–1999

Figure 3. Among adults, use of broad-spectrum agents increased for urinary tract infections ( s) and for the common cold and unspecified upper respiratory tract infections ( s) ( < 0.001 for both conditions). Among children, use of broad-spectrum agents increased for otitis media ( = 0.044) and for the common cold and URTIs ( < 0.001).
Figure 3. Among adults, use of broad-spectrum agents increased for urinary tract infections ( s) and for the common cold and unspecified upper respiratory tract infections ( s) ( < 0.001 for both conditions). Among children, use of broad-spectrum agents increased for otitis media ( = 0.044) and for the common cold and URTIs ( < 0.001). Use of broad-spectrum antibiotics for selected conditions.UTIURTIPPP

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