No evidence' on antibiotic course length

摘要

Policy makers, educators and doctors need to stop advocating "complete the course" when it comes to antibiotics, UK experts have urged, saying the "deeply embedded" link between stopping antibiotic treatment early and antibiotic resistance is not supported by hard evidence. An analysis in the British Medical Journal by UK experts in infectious diseases, microbiology and health psychology, who are working to tackle antimicrobial resistance, recommends that, outside hospital, where repeated testing is not feasible, patients should be advised to stop antibiotic treatment as soon as they feel better.