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OF coarse doctors are always going to err on the side of caution, part of the reason for the super bugs in the first place have been given as the over prescript
by Zeppelin15 8y ago
OF coarse doctors are always going to err on the side of caution, part of the reason for the super bugs in the first place have been given as the over prescription of antibiotics. Not just over prescription in that antibiotics are not needed also the over prescription of duration.
I think the whole feel better approach will help antibiotics resistance not necessarily the patient.
Will be interesting to see the risk of "reinfection vs risk of over prescription" graph.
Horizontal gene transfer thing is what I found really interesting
Found the journal entry if anyone cares : https://www.bmj.com/content/358/bmj.j3418 https://www.bmj.com/content/358/bmj.j3418
Article about journal entry : https://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/27/health/antibiotics-course-advice-study/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/27/health/antibiotics-course...