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Table 2 Knowledge on therapy/practice in the use of antibiotics. Overview of the rate of correct answers to the knowledge questions in total and broken down into early and advanced semester students

From: Appropriate antibiotic use and antimicrobial resistance: knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of medical students and their needs and preferences for learning

 

Correct answer of the students

p-value (early and advanced semesters)

Total n = 356

Early semesters (1–5), n = 128

Advanced semesters (6+), n = 228

Question

The following antibiotic is considered the antibiotic of first choice for infections with Staphylococcus aureus;—correct answer: Flucloxacillin

203 (57%)

32 (25%)

171 (75%)

 < 0.0001

Acute bronchitis that persists for more than one week is usually an indication of antibiotic therapy.—Not true!

209 (59%)

41 (32%)

168 (74%)

 < 0.0001

Acute pyelonephritis in a young patient without concomitant diseases is a clear indication for antibiotic therapy.—True!

201 (56%)

39 (31%)

162 (71%)

 < 0.0001

Antibiotic therapy longer than 7 days is usually not necessary in the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia when there is clinical response.—True!a

164 (46%)

28 (22%)

136 (60%)

 < 0.0001

  1. KAB survey, Germany 2019–2020
  2. aAt the time of the survey, the national guidelines for the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in adults generally recommended a treatment duration of 7 days in the case of clinical response to the antibiotic therapy. Since 2021, there has been an updated guideline that recommends a treatment duration of 5 days for CAP if a response to the antibiotic therapy has already started [18]