BMJ recommends against full course of antibiotics–End of a medical mistake?

This week’s British Medical Journal has an article by Llewelyn et al. that recommends against taking antibiotics for a full standard course. It goes further to challenge the WHO advise to take antibiotics “exactly as prescribed,” and suggests that cessation of symptoms is a better indicator of when to stop. This is welcome, and about […]

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