It's time for a change in practice: reducing antibiotic use can alter antibiotic resistance

Editorial

Cindy R Friedman et al. J Infect Dis. 2008.

. 2008 Apr 15;197(8):1082-3.

doi: 10.1086/533450.

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Comment in

Federal funding for the study of antimicrobial resistance in nosocomial pathogens: no ESKAPE.
Rice LB. Rice LB. J Infect Dis. 2008 Apr 15;197(8):1079-81. doi: 10.1086/533452. J Infect Dis. 2008. PMID: 18419525 No abstract available.
Empiric use of antibiotics for treatment of respiratory infection and febrile seizures.
Millichap JJ, Millichap JG. Millichap JJ, et al. J Infect Dis. 2008 Oct 1;198(7):1093-4. doi: 10.1086/591464. J Infect Dis. 2008. PMID: 18774887 No abstract available.

The research agenda of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for antimicrobial resistance.
Peters NK, Dixon DM, Holland SM, Fauci AS. Peters NK, et al. J Infect Dis. 2008 Apr 15;197(8):1087-93. doi: 10.1086/533451. J Infect Dis. 2008. PMID: 18419527 Review.
Seasonality of antibiotic-resistant streptococcus pneumoniae that causes acute otitis media: a clue for an antibiotic-restriction policy?
Dagan R, Barkai G, Givon-Lavi N, Sharf AZ, Vardy D, Cohen T, Lipsitch M, Greenberg D. Dagan R, et al. J Infect Dis. 2008 Apr 15;197(8):1094-102. doi: 10.1086/528995. J Infect Dis. 2008. PMID: 18419528 Free PMC article.