Titre : | Antibiotic treatment for influenza does not affect resolution of illness, secondary visits or lost workdays. (2004) |
Auteurs : | Fabrice Carrat ; HOUSSET (Bruno) : FRA. Service de pneumologie. Centre Hospitalier Inter-Communal. Créteil. ; Michael SCHWARZINGER ; Alain-Jacques VALLERON ; Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris. Université Pierre et Marie Curie. Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale. (I.N.S.E.R.M.). U 444. Paris. FRA |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | European journal of epidemiology (vol. 19, n° 7, 2004) |
Pagination : | 703-705 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Médicament antibiotique ; Thérapeutique ; Grippe ; Virose ; Infection ; Pronostic ; Evolution ; Etude prospective ; Epidémiologie ; Homme ; Médicament ; Consommation pharmaceutique ; Consommation |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS i2dcR0xZ. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Antibiotics are common prescribed against influenza, although no trials of their efficacy have been published. We compared clinical and societal outcomes in 701 patients (56% flu-positive) according to use of antibiotics. The median duration of illness, rate of secondary visits, and lost workdays did not differ between antibiotic and non-antibiotic treated patients. Antibiotics are unnecessary expenses in the initial treatment of influenza, as they can give potential side-effects and contribute to spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. |