Use of antibacterials in community is weakly linked to resistance
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Use of antibacterials in community is weakly linked to resistance
Use of antibacterials in community is weakly
linked to resistance
Substantial differences in rates of
prescribing of antibacterial drugs among general practices are associated with
only smalldifferences in resistance, an analysis of routine
laboratory sampleshas found. Priest and colleagues (p 1037)
analysed prescribingpatterns and resistance of Streptococcus
pneumoniae and urinarycoliforms for 405 practices in
England. Although they found aweak correlation between prescribing
and resistance for urinarycoliforms there was no clear relation for
pneumococci. The authorssay that government efforts to reduce
overall antibacterial prescribingin general practice may not be the
best way to reduce resistancein thecommunity.
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