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Prescribing at the coalface in the era of antimicrobial resistance

Author(s) -

Patrick Lillie,

Gavin Barlow

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

acute medicine journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.14

H-Index - 12

eISSN - 1747-4892

pISSN - 1747-4884

DOI - 10.52964/amja.0185

Subject(s) - antibiotic resistance , intensive care medicine , antimicrobial , medicine , resistance (ecology) , risk analysis (engineering) , antibiotics , medical emergency , microbiology and biotechnology , ecology , biology

Antimicrobial resistance is of increasing concern to patients, physicians and policy-makers alike. The challenge for the clinician at the coalface, however, is to avoid the undertreatment of seriously ill patients whilst minimising the evolution of antimicrobial resistance. Difficult decisions about the most appropriate antibiotic to prescribe can be supported by careful risk factor and prognostic assessment.

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