Are antibiotics too much of a good thing?

Since the development of antibiotics in the 1940s, patients presenting with an infection could be expected to respond quickly to a prescribed course of antibiotics by their physician. While the antibiotic prescription model has helped countless lives, this paradigm has degraded over time due to the emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The net impact is Read more… Are antibiotics too much of a good thing? originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
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