Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30765902›Full record

ReviewAustralian prescriber2019

Optimal antimicrobial duration for common bacterial infections.

Heather L Wilson, Kathryn Daveson, Christopher B Del Mar

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In one paragraph

Review in Australian prescriber, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. The effect of workload on primary care doctors on referral rates and prescription patterns: evidence from English NHS.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2025
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  16. New label advice for antibiotics.Australian prescriber · 2020
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  17. Update on the adverse effects of antimicrobial therapies in community practice.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2020
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  18. Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2020
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  20. Shorter antibiotic courses, but why?Australian prescriber · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Heather L WilsonCanberra Hospital and Health Services, ACT Health.
Kathryn DavesonCanberra Hospital and Health Services, ACT Health.
Christopher B Del MarCanberra Hospital and Health Services, ACT Health.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

most antibiotic use in australia arises from prescriptions in the communityTHE RISK OF ANTIBIOTIC-RELATED ADVERSE EVENTS INCLUDING RESISTANCE INCREASES WITH LONGER TREATMENT COURSES: WHEN ANTIBIOTICS ARE INDICATED FOR TREATMENT SHORT COURSES ARE AS EFFECTIVE AS STANDARD ONES FOR MOST COMMON INFECTIONS: THERAPEUTIC GUIDELINES ANTIBIOTIC IS A KEY REFERENCE FOR ANTIMICROBIAL PRESCRIBING IN AUSTRALIA: GENERAL PRACTITIONERS PLAY A KEY ROLE IN REDUCING ANTIBIOTIC USE:

Indexed as

antibioticantimicrobial stewardshipbacterial infections

Identifiers

PMID30765902
PMCPMC6370607

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Registered trials

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