Are we overprescribing in response to community microbiology tests?

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Are we overprescribing in response to community microbiology tests?

By Max Bloomfield
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A positive culture result could easily represent colonisation rather than infection [Image: WikiImages on Pixabay]

As resistance to common antibiotics increases, it is important to look at the quantity and quality of prescribing. Here, clinical microbiologist Max Bloomfield discusses problems with antibiotic prescribing in response to positive culture results

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