Questions tagged [antibacterial-resistance]
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Is taking too much antibiotics in relation to antibiotics resistance a problem for the patient or population?
Imagine a patient who gets multiple treatments with antibiotics, and didn't really need them (bacterial infection, but would have gotten healthy without antibiotics). Is it the same patient who is at ...
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Tick bite treatment. Doxycycline intake suspended after 3 days only. If substituted by Bactrim, is there a risk to develop bacteria resistant?
A patient was bitten by a tick and carried the tick on his skin for 5/6 days (which got engorged at the end).
Then the tick dropped spontaneously.
He has been prescribed a preventive antibiotic course ...
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