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General practices that reduce antibiotic prescribing for self-limiting respiratory tract infections by 10% can expect to see one extra patient with pneumonia each year and one peritonsillar abscess each decade

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  • Competing interests CCB has carried out studies of antibiotic use in the community and holds several grants in the field.

  • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed