Antibiotic prescribing for acute lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) – guideline adherence in the German primary care setting: An analysis of routine data

Eva Maria Kraus; Steffen Pelzl; Joachim Szecsenyi; Gunter Laux

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0174584

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Antibiotic prescribing for acute lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) – guideline adherence in the German primary care setting: An analysis of routine data

Eva Maria Kraus ,

* E-mail: Eva-Maria.Kraus@med.uni-heidelberg.de

Affiliations Darmstadt General Hospital, Department of Pharmacy, Darmstadt, Germany, University Hospital Heidelberg, Department of General Practice and Health Services Research, Heidelberg, Germany

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7824-5508

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Steffen Pelzl,

Affiliation SLK-Kliniken Heilbronn, Department of Pharmacy, Heilbronn, Germany
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Joachim Szecsenyi,

Affiliation University Hospital Heidelberg, Department of General Practice and Health Services Research, Heidelberg, Germany
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Gunter Laux

Affiliation University Hospital Heidelberg, Department of General Practice and Health Services Research, Heidelberg, Germany
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Antibiotic prescribing for acute lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) – guideline adherence in the German primary care setting: An analysis of routine data

Eva Maria Kraus,
Steffen Pelzl,
Joachim Szecsenyi,
Gunter Laux

Published: March 28, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174584

About the Authors

Eva Maria Kraus

* E-mail: Eva-Maria.Kraus@med.uni-heidelberg.de

Affiliations Darmstadt General Hospital, Department of Pharmacy, Darmstadt, Germany, University Hospital Heidelberg, Department of General Practice and Health Services Research, Heidelberg, Germany

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7824-5508

Steffen Pelzl

Affiliation SLK-Kliniken Heilbronn, Department of Pharmacy, Heilbronn, Germany

Joachim Szecsenyi

Affiliation University Hospital Heidelberg, Department of General Practice and Health Services Research, Heidelberg, Germany

Gunter Laux

Affiliation University Hospital Heidelberg, Department of General Practice and Health Services Research, Heidelberg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: EMK SP GL. Data curation: JS GL. Formal analysis: EMK GL. Funding acquisition: JS GL. Project administration: EMK. Supervision: SP GL. Writing – original draft: EMK. Writing – review & editing: SP JS GL.

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