Unnecessary prescribing of antibiotics to healthy/asymptomatic school-age carriers of potentially pathogenic bacteria

From the School of Medicine (Kostić, Bastijančić-Kokić), Croatian Health Insurance Fund; from the School of Medicine (Bedeković), Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Sisters of Mercy University Hospital Center; from the School of Dental Medicine (Lauc), Dental Clinic Apolonia, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

From the School of Medicine (Kostić, Bastijančić-Kokić), Croatian Health Insurance Fund; from the School of Medicine (Bedeković), Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Sisters of Mercy University Hospital Center; from the School of Dental Medicine (Lauc), Dental Clinic Apolonia, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

From the School of Medicine (Kostić, Bastijančić-Kokić), Croatian Health Insurance Fund; from the School of Medicine (Bedeković), Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Sisters of Mercy University Hospital Center; from the School of Dental Medicine (Lauc), Dental Clinic Apolonia, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

From the School of Medicine (Kostić, Bastijančić-Kokić), Croatian Health Insurance Fund; from the School of Medicine (Bedeković), Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Sisters of Mercy University Hospital Center; from the School of Dental Medicine (Lauc), Dental Clinic Apolonia, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia