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Antibiotic side‐effects: from the anticipated to the bizarre
Author(s) -
Wade Sue,
Williams Martin
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
prescriber
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.106
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1931-2253
pISSN - 0959-6682
DOI - 10.1002/psb.1801
Subject(s) - medicine , antibiotics , side effect (computer science) , intensive care medicine , adverse effect , microbiology and biotechnology , computer science , biology , programming language
In light of the recent MHRA restrictions on the use of fluoroquinolone antibiotics, this article provides an overview of the adverse reactions associated with all classes of antibiotic ‐ from the most common side‐effects such as gastrointestinal disturbance to rare, idiosyncratic reactions.