Issue 35 Essentials: Upfront: Introducing the desktop guide “Antibiotic choices for common infections” Correspondence:  Prescription labelling concerns Breast cancer gene testing funded Dyspepsia - PPIs, prokinetics and H. Pylori testing Erratum - dyspepsia Issue 35 Contents

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Introducing the desktop guide
“Antibiotic choices for common infections”

Accompanying this edition of Best Practice Journal for prescribers is a reference guide to selecting appropriate antibiotic choices for infections commonly treated in general practice.

This booklet provides guidance on rational antibiotic prescribing for respiratory, ear, nose and throat, eye, skin, gastrointestinal, genito-urinary and central nervous system conditions.

This guide is also available online in HTML format or PDF

A small number of booklets are available to order for prescribers who did not receive a copy, please contact Kyla using the contact us link below.

• ANTIBIOTICS: choices for common infections Apr 11
• Antibiotic choices for common infections Jun 09
• Rational use of Antibiotics in Respiratory Tract Infections Aug 06
• Newes: HbA_1c reporting and diabetes resources Oct 11
• Rheumatic fever in Māori: what can we do better? Aug 11
• Rheumatic fever - the neglected disease Nov 10
• Upfront: Antimicrobial resistance - the way forward Feb 11
• Antimicrobial resistance: where are we now? Dec 10
• ANTIMICROBIALS, how should they be used in primary care? Oct 10
• Upfront: Resistance to antimicrobials - an increasing problem in our community Aug 10
• Correspondence: Antibiotics & Amizide Jul 09
• Asthma Education Desktop Prompt May 09
• Antibiotics Express Audit May 09
• Snippets: NSAIDs, dextropropoxyphene and antibiotic resistance Feb 08
• Investigations in coeliac disease Oct 07
• Upfront: The Augmentin-free office Aug 07
• Infections POEM May 03
• Appropriate use of metronidazole Apr 12
• Appropriate use of cephalosporins Dec 11
• Appropriate use of amoxicillin clavulanate Sep 11
• News in Brief: Dabigatran; Antibiotics and COC; Prescription kitchen Jun 11
• Quinolone antibiotics - limit use Apr 11
• Managing urinary tract infections in pregnancy Apr 11
• Contraception in early adolescence Apr 11
• Skin infections in Pacific peoples Nov 10
• Close contact infectious diseases: an increasing concern for Pacific peoples Nov 10
• The burden of bronchiectasis in Pacific peoples Nov 10
• Which Antihypertensive? Oct 10
• Screening and management of “The Diabetic Foot” Oct 10
• An update on statins Aug 10
• Avoiding medication errors in children Jul 10
• A practical guide to stopping medicines in older people Apr 10
• Assessment and management of infectious gastroenteritis Dec 09
• Correspondence: Amoxicillin clavulanate Nov 09
• Quiz feedback: How to treat acne Sep 09
• Correspondence: Impetigo Sep 09
• Management of acute exacerbations of COPD in primary care Sep 09
• Oral health Jul 09
• Whats new in CVD guidelines Jun 09
• What’s new in the 2009 New Zealand Cardiovascular Guidelines Handbook? Jun 09
• Fluoroquinolone-associated tendon disorders Jun 09
• How to treat acne Apr 09
• Treatment of sexually transmitted and other genital infections Apr 09
• Management of impetigo Feb 09
• Mastitis and sore nipples while breastfeeding Dec 08
• Combined oral contraceptives: Quick reference Apr 08
• Classes of laxatives and medicinal causes of constipation tables Oct 07
• Drug treatment in Irritable Bowel Syndrome Oct 07
• Dear Dave Sep 07
• Diagnosis and Treatment of gout Sep 07
• Headache red flags and related tables Aug 07
• Medication & Management of Parkinson’s disease Aug 07
• Renal impairment dose adjustment table and Action plan for CKD table Jun 07
• Winter Ills: Bronchiolitis & Fever May 07
• Management flow chart and red flags for dyspepsia Apr 07
• Drug interaction tables for Antidepressants Mar 07
• Metabolic monitoring for people on antipsychotics Feb 07
• Tables from 'Lithium in general Practice' Feb 07
• Thromboembolic risk tables Dec 06
• Atrial Fibrillation rate control tables Dec 06
• Contraindications to warfarin in older people Dec 06
• Stroke risk tables Dec 06
• Relative Risk Reduction, Absolute Risk Reduction and NNT Dec 06
• Asthma Management in Children Aged 5-15 Years Dec 06
• Tables from depression article in BPJ 1 Oct 06
• Cardiovascular risk tables Jul 04