High burden of infectious disease and antibiotic use in early life in Australian Aboriginal communities.

CONCLUSIONS: Early life infections drive high antibiotic prescribing rates in remote Aboriginal communities. Implications for public health: Eliminating skin disease could reduce antibiotic use by almost 20% in children under five years of age in this population. PMID: 30727032 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30727032?dopt=Abstract

Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - February 6, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Cuningham W, McVernon J, Lydeamore MJ, Andrews RM, Carapetis J, Kearns T, Clucas D, Dhurrkay RG, Tong SYC, Campbell PT Tags: Aust N Z J Public Health Source Type: research