Antibiotic use for respiratory tract infections in nursing homes: a multicentre cross-sectional study
Carl Llor, Rosa Morros, Jesús Mateos-Nozal, Carlota Manuela Zárate Sáez, María N. Vaquero Pinto, Consuelo Rodríguez Jiménez, Carmen Sáez Bejar, Rosa Magallón-Botaya, Priscila Matovelle, Alicia Navarro Sanmartín, Elena López Pérez, Ana García-Sangenís, Ramon Monfà · 2026
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Llor and co-authors survey antibiotic use for chest and airway infections in Spanish nursing homes. Staff in 34 homes across five areas recorded cases from February to April 2023. They noted symptoms, diagnoses, and which drugs were given in each case.
Among 533 cases, the common cold and acute bronchitis were the top diagnoses. Yet antibiotics were given in 77.5 percent of cases, most often amoxicillin-clavulanate at 34 percent. Of 328 prescriptions that could be judged, 63.1 percent were deemed not needed. The team also modeled what drove both use and poor use of these drugs.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Carl Llor, Rosa Morros, Jesús Mateos-Nozal, Carlota Manuela Zárate Sáez, María N. Vaquero Pinto, Consuelo Rodríguez Jiménez, Carmen Sáez Bejar, Rosa Magallón-Botaya, Priscila Matovelle, Alicia Navarro Sanmartín, Elena López Pérez, Ana García-Sangenís, Ramon Monfà |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 38 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |