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The end of the antibiotic era

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  • In the most recent years, we are being faced with something described in modern medical literature at the start of the century: drug resistant bacteria

  • The current conduct of the primary care clinician when dealing with patients is still that of empiric treatment, there is no knowledge of the local microorganisms circulating in their care unit, nor the most common causing pathogen of such infections and as such there is still an overuse of one of our most priced resources: antibiotics

  • The control of antibiotics must be crucial in all zones in a hospital setting, in the treatment of a patient in the critical care unit

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The end of the antibiotic era Guillermo Francisco Rosales Magallanes* Infectious diseases paediatrician, Hospital ISSSTECALI Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico In the most recent years, we are being faced with something described in modern medical literature at the start of the century: drug resistant bacteria.

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