Background: Antimicrobials are frequently prescribed to community-dwelling older adults.
Our aim was to examine the prevalence, quantity and indications of antimicrobial …

Antimicrobials are among the most prescribed medications in Canada, with over 90% of
antibiotics prescribed in outpatient settings. Seniors prescribed antimicrobials are …

Objectives To characterize antibiotics prescribed to older adults to guide efforts to improve
antibiotic use. Design Descriptive analysis. Setting Ambulatory. Participants Adults aged 65 …

Pharmacologic management of infections in elderly patients presents multiple challenges to
health care professionals due to variable pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and …

Background: Geriatric infectious diseases are a major health care issue. Infections in the
elderly occur more frequently than in younger adults, are often associated with higher …

Background Older adults suffer high morbidity and mortality following serious infections, and
hospital admissions with these conditions are increasingly common. Antibiotic prescribing in …

Objective To identify temporal trends in outpatient antibiotic use and antibiotic prescribing
practice among older adults in a high income country. Design Observational study using …

Objective Many jurisdictions lack comprehensive population-based antibiotic use data and
rely on third party companies, most commonly IQVIA. Our objective was to validate the …

Objectives To determine patterns of ambulatory antibiotic prescribing in US adults, including
the use of broad-spectrum versus narrow-spectrum agents, to provide a description of the …

Background Prior studies have found that outpatient antibiotics are commonly prescribed for
non‐bacterial conditions. It is unclear if national prescribing has changed in recent years …