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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1101.040272
Personal Author:
Belongia, Edward A. ; Kieke, Burney ; Lynfield, Ruth ; Davis, Jeffrey P. ; Besser, Richard E.
Belongia, Edward A. ; Kieke, Burney ; Lynfield, Ruth ; Davis, Jeffrey P. ; Besser, Richard E. Less -
Description:
Media reports suggested increased public demand for anthrax prophylaxis after the intentional anthrax cases in 2001, but the magnitude of anthrax-related prescribing in unaffected regions was not assessed. We surveyed a random sample of 400 primary care clinicians in Minnesota and Wisconsin to assess requests for and provision of anthrax-related antimicrobial agents. The survey was returned by 239 (60%) of clinicians, including 210 in outpatient practice. Fifty-eight (28%) of those in outpatient practice received requests for anthrax-related antimicrobial agents, and 9 (4%) dispensed them. Outpatient fluoroquinolone use in both states was also analyzed with regression models to compare predicted and actual use in October and November 2001. Fluoroquinolone use as a proportion of total antimicrobial use was not elevated, and anthrax concerns accounted for an estimated 0.3% of all fluoroquinolone prescriptions. Most physicians in Minnesota and Wisconsin managed anthrax-related requests without dispensing antimicrobial agents.
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Anthrax Anti-Bacterial Agents Antibiotic Prophylaxis Bacillus Anthracis Bioterrorism Fluoroquinolones Health Care Surveys Minnesota Outpatients Patient Acceptance Of Health Care Physician'S Practice Patterns Primary Health Care Research
Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 11(1):42-47.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
U50/CCU 515878/CC/ODCDC CDC HHS/United States
Place as Subject:
Wisconsin
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:709764cf254ab0945239c378da310137518c13a4e67ad4e56ac16a4d766b5e8b
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/7795/cdc_7795_DS1.pdf
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