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To fight antibiotic resistance, we need to fight bad prescribing habits

  • Written by John Gums, Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs and Professor of Pharmacy and Medicine, University of Florida
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May’s announcement that a strain of bacteria with genes conferring resistance to colistin, our antibiotic of last resort, was identified in the United States, is just the latest report highlighting the growing threat of antibiotic resistance.

Antibiotic resistance is driven by many...

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