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The Impact of Influenza Vaccination on Antibiotic Use in the United States, 2010–2017

Authored by:

Klein, E. Y., Schueller, E., Tseng, K. K., Morgan, D. J., Laxminarayan, R., & Nandi, A.

Full Citation:

Klein, E. Y., Schueller, E., Tseng, K. K., Morgan, D. J., Laxminarayan, R., & Nandi, A. 2020. The Impact of Influenza Vaccination on Antibiotic Use in the United States, 2010–2017. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 7(7).

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Additional key concepts from this publication:

Use of vaccines decreases the need to use antibiotics to treat disease, thus reducing the opportunity for the development of antimicrobial resistance.

A retrospective analysis of influenza vaccination coverage and antibiotic prescribing rates from 2010 to 2017 across states in the United States, controlling for differences in health infrastructure and yearly vaccine effectiveness, found that a 10-percentage point increase in influenza vaccination coverage was associated with a 6.5% decrease in antibiotic use across all age groups, equivalent to 14.2 fewer antibiotic prescriptions per 1000 individuals.