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cord-257460-e6anaxck	Mostov, Perry D.	Treating the Immunocompetent Patient Who Presents with an Upper Respiratory Infection: Pharyngitis, Sinusitis, and Bronchitis	2007-05-03		.txt	text/plain	7111	357	37	As such, the term URI has come to encompass multiple clinical entities including pharyngitis, sinusitis, and bronchitis, as well as nonspecific respiratory infections, a designation that includes the common cold. Use of a sore throat score to determine treatment of children and adults in a university-based family practice demonstrated a 48% reduction in antibiotic prescription compared with usual care [35] . Acute bacterial rhinosinusitis (ABRS) shares symptoms with the viral URI, including rhinorrhea, nasal congestion, facial pressure, and fever, which may lead the patient to request antibiotics from their physician. Like pharyngitis and sinusitis, however, it is a condition that shares a primary symptom, in this case cough, with the nonspecific URI, an illness of viral origin not requiring antibiotic therapy. A Patient education by the physician on the appropriate treatment of acute bronchitis can result in lower antibiotic usage without affecting clinical outcomes [93] . Principles of appropriate antibiotic use for treatment of nonspecific upper respiratory tract infections in adults	./cache/cord-257460-e6anaxck.txt	./txt/cord-257460-e6anaxck.txt