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Article: Health Experts Issue Guidelines For Antibiotic Use By Adults With Upper Respiratory Infections.
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- TB & Outbreaks Week
- Article date:
- April 3, 2001
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2001 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) --
Increasingly concerned about the health threats from excessive antibiotic use, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) convened a panel of national health experts to develop best treatment guidelines for adults with colds and acute upper respiratory infections.
The guidelines, "Principles for Appropriate Antibiotic Use," were released on March 19, 2001, in the Annals of Internal Medicine and target the overuse or misuse of antibiotics. The Panel included experts from The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), the American College of Physicians - American Society of Internal Medicines ...