FIG 5.

Primary diagnoses for adult outpatient visits resulting in antibiotic prescriptions. ARTI, acute respiratory tract infection. *, other respiratory diseases include tonsillitis/adenoiditis, laryngitis/tracheitis, deviated septum, peritonsillar abscess, allergic rhinitis, adenoid/tonsil hypertrophy/vegetations, pneumonia, influenza, emphysema, asthma, bronchiectasis, extrinsic allergic alveolitis, chronic airway obstruction not otherwise specified, pneumoconiosis, pleurisy, pneumothorax, lung/mediastinal abscess, pulmonary congestion/hypostasis, postinflammatory pulmonary fibrosis, other alveolar diseases, other parieto/pneumopathies, sclerotic lung disease, acute chest syndrome, lung involvement in other disorders, and other respiratory diseases. (Adapted from reference 165 with permission of Elsevier.)