Hard evidence for antibiotic resistance.

Australian Doctor,  February, 2007  

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By Rebecca Jenkins

LANCET A causal link between macrolide antibiotics and the emergence of macrolide resistance has been established for the first time in a randomised controlled trial.

Researchers said previous studies had found an association between antibiotic use and resistance, but the work had been confounded by several variables making it impossible to show a causal relationship.

The 180-day trial found both azithromycin (Zithromax) 500mg once daily for three days and clarithromycin 500mg twice daily for seven days significantly increased the proportion of ...

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