>>Feb 4/09

GPs urged to cut antibiotic use

Hospitals in Ireland are urged to curb overprescription of antibiotics.  Professor Hilary Humphreys warns that “Antibiotics kill bacteria and not viruses,” with unnecessary use only serving to make antibiotics more resilient and resistant.

“The more frequently antibiotics are used unnecessarily, the more resistant some forms of bacteria become to them.

That in turn leaves doctors increasingly powerless to fight life-threatening infections.”

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