Healthy Skepticism Library item: 9384

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Publication type: Journal Article

Levy SB.
Confronting multidrug resistance: A role for each of us
JAMA 1993 Apr 14; 269:1840-1842

Abstract:

The roles of physicians, patients, public health officials, and drug manufacturers in preventing the development of organisms resistant to multiple antibiotics or other anti-infectives, through modification of prescribing habits, self-medication, and research, are summarized and discussed.

Keywords:
Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use* Bacterial Infections/drug therapy Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Drug Resistance, Microbial*/physiology Drug Utilization* Humans