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Article: Antibiotic Resistance-Does it Ever go Away?(Report)
- Article from:
- Infectious Disease Alert
- Article date:
- June 1, 2001
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Antibiotic ResistanceDoes it Ever go Away?
Abstracts & commentary
Synopsis: Reducing the use of an antibiotic may not inevitably bring a return of susceptibility.
Sources: Enne VI, et al. Persistence of sulphonamide resistance in Eschericia coli in the UK despite national prescribing restriction. Lancet. 2001;357:1325-1328; Cunha BA. Effective antibiotic-resistance control strategies (editorial). Lancet. 2001;357:1307-1308.
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