RT Book, Section
A1 Rubin, Michael A.
A1 Ford, Larry C.
A1 Gonzales, Ralph
A2 Jameson, J. Larry
A2 Fauci, Anthony S.
A2 Kasper, Dennis L.
A2 Hauser, Stephen L.
A2 Longo, Dan L.
A2 Loscalzo, Joseph
SR Print(0)
ID 1160010440
T1 Sore Throat, Earache, and Upper Respiratory Symptoms
T2 Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 20e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259644016
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1160010440
RD 2024/09/20
AB Infections  of  the  upper  respiratory  tract  (URIs)  have  a  tremendous  impact  on  public  health.  They  are  among  the  most  common  reasons  for  visits  to  primary  care  providers,  and  although  the  illnesses  are  typically  mild,  their  high  incidence  and  transmission  rates  place  them  among  the  leading  causes  of  time  lost  from  work  or  school.  Even  though  a  minority  (~25%)  of  cases  are  caused  by  bacteria,  URIs  are  the  leading  diagnoses  for  which  antibiotics  are  prescribed  on  an  outpatient  basis  in  the  United  States,  often  inappropriately.  Antibiotics  are  more  often  misprescribed  in  adults  than  in  pediatric  populations.  The  enormous  consumption  of  antibiotics  for  these  illnesses  has  contributed  to  the  rise  in  antibiotic  resistance  among  common  community-acquired  pathogens  such  as  Streptococcus  pneumoniae—a  trend  that  in  itself  has  an  enormous  influence  on  public  health  and  on  the  individual  patient.