Wednesday 30 January 2019

Do you need antibiotics? A simple blood test could tell you in a few seconds

Do you need antibiotics? A simple blood test could tell you in a few seconds The Government’s newly announced five-year action plan for tackling antimicrobial resistance sets out an important target to reduce the use of antibiotics in the UK by 15 per cent.

Nowhere is this more important than in GP surgeries, where more than three quarters of all antibiotics are prescribed. Over half of these are for respiratory tract infections, despite there being little evidence to support their use. The Telegraph

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