Breaking the Antibiotic Habit A Parent's Guide to Coughs, Colds, Ear Infections, and Sore Throats |
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| Author:
| Offit, Paul A.
Fass-Offit, Bonnie
Bell, Louis M. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-471-31982-5 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1999 |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons Canada, Limited
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $18.95 |
Book Description:
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Bacterial infections are becoming progressively resistant to the only medicines that can treat them antibiotics. This resistance is quickly developing because antibiotics are over-prescribed, particularly to children, who account for more than 70% of all antibiotic usage in the U.S. each year.
Bacterial infections are becoming progressively resistant to the only medicines that can treat them antibiotics. This resistance is quickly developing because antibiotics are over-prescribed, particularly to children, who account for more than 70% of all antibiotic usage in the U.S. each year.