TY - GEN AU - Llor, Carl AU - Moragas, Ana AU - Bayona, Carolina AU - Cots, Josep M AU - Molero, Jose M AU - Ribas, Joana AU - Fothy, Julio Francisco AU - Gutierrez, Isabel AU - Sanchez, Coro AU - Ortega, Jesus AU - Arranz Izquierdo, Javier AU - Botanes, Jenifer AU - Robles, Purificacion PY - 2017 DO - 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015814 SN - 2044-6055 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/20388 AB - INTRODUCTION: Since 2011, the Spanish Society of Family Medicine has recommended general practitioners (GPs) to ask their patients to stop taking antibiotics when they suspect a viral infection. However, this practice is seldom used because... LA - eng KW - Clinical trials KW - Prymary care KW - Public health KW - Respiratory infections KW - Aged KW - Patient Satisfaction KW - Young Adult KW - Spain KW - Adult KW - Anti-Bacterial Agents KW - Drug Administration Schedule KW - Humans KW - Middle Aged KW - Research Design KW - Male KW - Severity of Illness Index KW - Virus Diseases KW - Female KW - Treatment Outcome KW - Respiratory Tract Infections KW - Primary Health Care KW - Linear Models TI - The STOP-AB trial protocol: efficacy and safety of discontinuing patient antibiotic treatment when physicians no longer consider it necessary. TY - research article ER -