http://blog.sermo.com/2014/02/10/antibiotic-resistance-forecasting-suggests-we-are-in-danger/ Talk Real World Medicine Mon, 23 Mar 2015 13:00:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 http://blog.sermo.com/2014/02/10/antibiotic-resistance-forecasting-suggests-we-are-in-danger/#comment-38 Mon, 17 Feb 2014 19:33:54 +0000 http://blog.sermo.com/?p=1064#comment-38 Dr. Khattar, What steps are being taken in Delhi to stave off resistance? I think doctors all over the world need to step up to combat this problem.

]]> http://blog.sermo.com/2014/02/10/antibiotic-resistance-forecasting-suggests-we-are-in-danger/#comment-37 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 08:00:06 +0000 http://blog.sermo.com/?p=1064#comment-37 Excellent article.I practice general surgery in tertiary care pvt. hospital, in perepheral Delhi ,and all observations and points raised by Dr.Wilson are applicable for hospitals all over world not only in USA.

]]> http://blog.sermo.com/2014/02/10/antibiotic-resistance-forecasting-suggests-we-are-in-danger/#comment-36 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 19:29:13 +0000 http://blog.sermo.com/?p=1064#comment-36 This is an excellent article about a very real danger. As physicians, we need to step up and stop over-prescribing antibiotics. We all feel the pressure when the patients want that prescription. We truly care about our patients and want to do the right thing by them. It is often hard to say no. I see so many doctors and other providers giving Rx’s for antibiotics when they are truly not indicated. This is doing much more harm than good. We need to stop this. We need to be the ones to lead the way. It needs to be a concerted effort. If I tell a pt no for an antibiotic Rx but they go down the street to get it from someone else, this problem will persist. Perhaps, antibiograms can aid in this and we should be implementing them more frequently.

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