Correction vol. 9, no. 4.In the article, Antimicrobial Drug Prescriptions in Ambulatory Care Settings, United States, 1992-2000" by Linda F. McCaig et al. errors occured on pages 432, 434, and 446. On page 432, the correct affilliations are as follows: Linda F. McCaig, NAtional Center for Health Statistics National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which is part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. NCHS is the United States' principal health statistics agency. , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), agency of the U.S. Public Health Service since 1973, with headquarters in Atlanta; it was established in 1946 as the Communicable Disease Center. (CDC See Control Data, century date change and Back Orifice. CDC - Control Data Corporation ), Hyattsville, Maryland, USA; Richard E. Besser and James M. Hughes, NAtional Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. In the abstract, the change in antimicrobial prescribing rate for amoxicillin/clavulanate is +69%. On page 434, second paragraph, Results section, the correct first sentence appears below: During the study period, the antimicrobial prescribing rate at all ambulatory care visits declined for amoxicillin and ampicillin ampicillin (ăm'pĭsĭl`ĭn), a penicillin-type antibiotic that is effective against both gram-negative microorganisms and gram-positive microorganisms such as Escherichia coli. (-43%; p<0.001), cephalosporins Cephalosporins Definition Cephalosporins are medicines that kill bacteria or prevent their growth. Purpose Cephalosporins are used to treat infections in different parts of the body—the ears, nose, throat, lungs, sinuses, and (-28%; p<0.001), erythromycin erythromycin (ĭrĭth'rōmī`sĭn), any of several related antibiotic drugs produced by bacteria of the genus Streptomyces (see antibiotic). (-76%; p<0.001) (Figure 5); quinolones among persons [greater than or equal to] 15 years (+78%; p<0.001), and amoxicillin/clavulanate (+69%; p+0.004) (Figure 6). On page 436, the correct caption to Figure 6 appears below: Trends in increasing annual antimicrobial prescribing rates by drug class--United States, 1992-2000. NOte: trend for amoxicillin/clavulanate p<0.001; for quinolones among persons [greater than or equal to] 15 years, p<0.001; for azithromycin and clarithromycin among all ages, p<0.001. The corrected article appears online at http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/ vol9no4/02-0268.htm. We regret any confusion these errors may have caused. |
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