Gert van der Hoek
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Superbug resistance follows seasonal drug use
Published July 25, 2012
(Reuters Health) - Bacteria - including the MRSA superbug -may be more resistant to our most powerful antibiotics after a winter spurt of prescriptions, says a new study.
"Antibiotic use tends to go up in the winter months because they are inappropriately prescribed and that usually shows up a few months later in hospitals in the form of antibiotic resistance," said Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan, who led the new study at Princeton University, New Jersey.
Widespread inappropriate use of antibiotics is driving the increase in resistance by encouraging the survival of bugs that can fight the drugs, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Read more: Reuters
Published July 25, 2012
(Reuters Health) - Bacteria - including the MRSA superbug -may be more resistant to our most powerful antibiotics after a winter spurt of prescriptions, says a new study.
"Antibiotic use tends to go up in the winter months because they are inappropriately prescribed and that usually shows up a few months later in hospitals in the form of antibiotic resistance," said Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan, who led the new study at Princeton University, New Jersey.
Widespread inappropriate use of antibiotics is driving the increase in resistance by encouraging the survival of bugs that can fight the drugs, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Read more: Reuters