Antibiotic prescribing: the consequences of getting it wrong

Dancer, Stephanie J

Abstract

Antibiotics were one of the most important discoveries last century. As with all drugs, however, they are associated with adverse effects. This article reviews how inappropriate antibiotic prescribing not only fails to cure an infected patient; it may encourage overgrowth of resistant pathogens that ultimately threaten future management of sepsis.

Citation

Dancer, S. J. (2016). Antibiotic prescribing: the consequences of getting it wrong. Clinical Focus Primary Care, 10(2), 62-71

• Journal Article Type: Review
• Acceptance Date: Sep 15, 2016
• Publication Date: Oct 25, 2016
• Deposit Date: Jul 5, 2017
• Journal: Clinical Focus Primary Care
• Print ISSN: 1747-7018
• Publisher: Rila Publications Ltd
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 62-71
• Keywords: Antibiotics; Prescribing; Antimicrobial resistance; Virulence; Infection
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/954132