World Antibiotic Awareness Week

Professor Dame Sally Davies, England ' s Chief Medical Officer, recently warned that the world could face a  " post-antibiotic apocalypse.” She urged that, unless action is taken to halt the practices that have allowed antibiotic resistance to spread and ways are found to develop new types of antibiotics, we could return to the days when simple wounds, infections or routine operations, are life-threatening. To mark   World Antibiotic Awareness Week, 13th-19th November,  we are highlighting Cochrane  evidence which supports decision-making in the appropriate use of antibiotics. Press Release:Shared decision making and antibiotic use for acute respiratory  infections in primary care (read in Spanish).Improving antibiotic prescribing  in hospitalAntibiotics for preventing recurrent sore throatAntibiotics for sore throatTesting blood procalcitonin levels to decide when to start and stop antibiotics in adults with acute respiratory tract infections Biomarkers as point-of-care tests to guide antibiotic use for acute respiratory infections Antibiotics for acute otitis media in children Antibiotics for glue earRapid antigen detection tests (RADTs) for group A streptococcus (GAS) in children with pharyngitisAntibiotics for operative vaginal delivery?Antibiotics for episiotomy repair?Antibiotic prophylaxis for women having cesarean sectionTiming of IV prophylactic antibiotics for women having caesarean delivery Preventing post-cesarean infections: which route for antib...
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