Antibiotics – principles for best use

As physicians we worry about antibiotic resistance.  Slowly, we understand that we can help slow down the development of more resistance through excellent antibiotic stewardship.  Even Time Magazine has highlighted this problem. In 2 weeks I will be a discussant in a PCORI sponsored workshop for this topic: Smarter, More Appropriate Use of Antibiotics Moderator: Kara Walker, MD, MPH Speakers: Carey Bickford, Jeffrey Gerber, MD, PhD, Kathy Goggin, PhD, Dan Merenstein, MD Discussant: Robert Centor, MD, MACP How can we use antibiotics more intelligently?  I hope some of you will watch and listen to the discussion. Antibiotic resistance is a growing public health concern in the US. Tune in for my online panel on this topic Nov 18 http://bit.ly/2f0jY9G I plan to discuss 4 issues: Giving antibiotics when we have no evidence that they will help Using narrow spectrum antibiotics when indicated Using shorter durations when indicated De-escalating antibiotics after culture or PCR results become available I believe this will be a useful discussion.  We have a responsibility to become smarter in our antibiotic prescribing.
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