pitzy272 on 07 January 2015
Wow, exciting stuff. Read the whole article. Antibiotic resistance is definitely a threat, so this is great news.
As a prescriber, it's really freakin hard many times to refuse patients an antibiotic. People just want an antibiotic even if they have a viral infection. And if you won't give them one, often times the next provider will, basically undermining the provider trying to do the right thing. I wish info like that contained in this article (i.e. the threat of antibiotic resistance) would be spread much more so than what it has been thus far. People need to be educated on why they may be denied an antibiotic by their healthcare provider.
