Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance

Applications of Antibiotics

Choice of relevant antibiotics is presently based on individual patient need.  Preservation of bacterial sensitivity needs perceptive of how antibiotics select resistance. ‘Ten commandments’ which might be considered carefully when a preference has to be made for antibiotic prescribing.  The compelling importance of the fact that all healthcare personnel should take ownership of the need to specify accordingly and to practice effective infection control.  A realization that antibiotics may not be competent for the tasks required of them and eventually, with widespread resistance, may be incapable of the task they do today.