GPs urged not to think of URTIs as bacterial or viral
It's not as simple as being one or the other, say Queensland researchers
Researchers have called on GPs to move away from the great ‘bacteria versus virus’ divide when it comes to treating patients with an upper respiratory tract infection.
GPs often consider whether a URTI illness has a viral or bacterial aetiology before deciding on their course of action on antibiotics, the University of Queensland researchers say in the Medical Journal of Australia.
