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Ms. Toad

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2. I can't believe someone from the CDC

Sun Mar 2, 2014, 11:49 AM

Mar 2014

in the process of dispelling one set of myths (sore throats and congestion should be treated with antibiotics), walks right into another (people become antibiotic resistant).

It is bacteria which becomes antibiotic resistant - not people. And if you harbor one antibiotic resistant bug (VRE - vancomycin resistant enterococci, for example), that doesn't mean that you cannot use vancomycin to treat different bacteria - for example c. diff.

/rant

Not that I have any strong feelings about this...

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We're Running Out of Antibiotics [View all] BBR Esq Mar 2014 OP

It's either industrial farming or saving human lives, IMHO. Democracyinkind Mar 2014 #1

I can't believe someone from the CDC Ms. Toad Mar 2014 #2

+1 jsr Mar 2014 #3

He did not state that people are resistant to antibiotics. magical thyme Mar 2014 #5

I thought c.diff. was being treated with fecal transplants now LiberalEsto Mar 2014 #6

some are now recommending it be the first line of treatment magical thyme Mar 2014 #7

As far as I know it is much more successful than antibiotics BrotherIvan Mar 2014 #13

Your interpretation of his statement makes his two categories redundant Ms. Toad Mar 2014 #9

he did not state or even suggest that patients become antibiotic resistant. magical thyme Mar 2014 #10

Your contact with the medical profession differs considerably from mine. Ms. Toad Mar 2014 #12

It's inevitable. One small critique about the title of that article - Avalux Mar 2014 #4

Man is the only species PDittie Mar 2014 #8

Nature wins every time n/t Holly_Hobby Mar 2014 #11