Antibiotics Won't Solve Everything ; in Association with the Nhs Department of Health Chiefs Have Launched a Campaign to Change Attitudes Towards Antibiotics. Health Reporter Jane Picken Finds Out How Overusing Them Can Cause More Harm Than Good

Evening Chronicle › February 11, 2008

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ONE of the reasons for the recent increase in cases of hospital bugs such as MRSA and clostridium difficile is the wide use of antibiotics.

These infections are so powerful because they have evolved to become resistant to many antibiotics.

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Antibiotics Won't Solve Everything ; in Association with the Nhs Department of Health Chiefs Have Launched a Campaign to Change Attitudes Towards Antibiotics. Health Reporter Jane Picken Finds Out How Overusing Them Can Cause More Harm Than Good

Doctors say patients visit them requesting antibiotics for common coughs and colds, not knowing that these illnesses ...

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