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. 2021 Apr 26;10(5):497. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics10050497

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Meta–analysis of the pooled proportion of the general population’s misconceptions regarding antibiotic use. (a) Concept of antibiotics (% of inappropriate answer). (b) Antibiotics cannot kill virus (% of inappropriate answer). (c) Antibiotics cannot cue viral cold (% of inappropriate answer). (d) The effect of combination of antibiotics (% of inappropriate answer). (e) The course and dose should be appropriate (% of inappropriate answer). (f) Antimicrobial resistance (% of inappropriate answer). (g) Adverse of antibiotics (% of inappropriate answer).