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Respiratory Fluoroquinolone Use and Influenza

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Philip M. Polgreen ,
Ming Yang ,
Ramanan Laxminarayan  and
Joseph E. Cavanaugh
Philip M. Polgreen*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, and Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Ming Yang
Affiliation:
Department of Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Ramanan Laxminarayan
Affiliation:
Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics, and Policy, Washington DC; Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey; and Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi
Joseph E. Cavanaugh
Affiliation:
Department of Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242 ([email protected])
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We show that respiratory fluoroquinolone use is extremely seasonal and that fluoroquinolone use is strongly associated with influenza. In our time series model, instantaneous influenza activity was a significant predictor of use (P< .0001). Also, we estimated that reducing influenza activity by 20% would reduce prescriptions by 8%.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 32 , Issue 7 , July 2011 , pp. 706 - 709
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2011

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