POLA PERESEPAN ANTIBIOTIK PADA MANAJEMEN FARINGITIS AKUT DEWASA DI PUSKEMAS

<p><em>Acute pharyngitis is one of the most common diseases in</em><em> primary health care, Bali</em><em>. However, the best management </em><em>to control the number of antibiotics </em><em>prescribing</em><em> in</em><em> acute</em><em> pharyngitis is not known. This study aims to determine the </em><em>best management to control </em><em>antibiotics prescribing in adult </em><em>who has </em><em>acute pharyngitis. </em><em>This </em><em>prospective cohort study involved 93 patients aged 12-45 years who had been diagnosed with acute pharyngitis by a physician. Measurements were made on the </em><em>number of drugs per</em><em> prescription</em><em>, frequency</em><em> antibiotic</em><em>, quantity</em><em> antibiotic</em><em> and DDD </em><em>antibiotics. </em><em>C</em><em>entor</em><em> C</em><em>riteria</em><em> and RADT can </em><em>reduce</em><em> </em><em>the number of </em><em>antibiotic </em><em>prescriptions</em><em> than</em><em> empirical management </em><em>in primary health care district X, Bali</em><em>. </em><em>Decrease occurred on the</em><em> </em><em>the </em><em>number</em><em> of drugs per</em><em> prescription</em><em>, frequency</em><em> antibiotic</em><em>, quantity</em><em> antibiotic</em><em> and DDD </em><em>antibiotics</em><em>. </em><em>Management centor criteria and RADT are the best strategies to reduce antibiotic prescription in primary health care distict X, Bali. </em>