My buddy Tris was watching out for me while I was on vacation and didn’t want us to miss this article from Mike the Mad Biologist about antibiotic resistance and its correlation with various factors (ethnicity, health history and others) taken from a study in Emerging Infectious Diseases. The most important thing to get from the article:
Here we have pretty compelling evidence that if you’re stupid and don’t do what your doctor tells you to do, you will be worse off. So don’t screw around: always follow your doctor’s instructions when you’re prescribed antibiotics (of course, if you develop adverse reactions, call your doctor immediately–you could be having an allergic reaction or be susceptible to side effects, and a switch to another antibiotic might be indicated).
It is always nice to hear my “same ol song and dance” from someone else, isn’t it?
Education, Infection Prevention, Research and Development
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