TY - JOUR T1 - General practitioner prescribing of antibiotics for asthma. JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 1773 LP - 1774 VL - 48 IS - 436 AU - M Kljakovic AU - G Mahadevan Y1 - 1998/11/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/48/436/1773.abstract N2 - Although asthma management guidelines in New Zealand do not advise prescribing antibiotics, almost a quarter of asthma consultations result in a prescription for antibiotics. This study, as part of a repeat audit of asthma care at an after-hours medical centre, describes general practitioners' perspectives on prescribing antibiotics to patients presenting with asthma. The results show that GPs have tended to overestimate the risk of bacterial infection in such patients. ER -