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Why overuse of antibiotics in COVID-19 could have lasting impact in health care

from CBC News

Why overuse of antibiotics in COVID-19 could have lasting impact in health care CBC News A leading Canadian microbiologist is sounding an alarm about overuse of precious antibiotics among the world's more than 8.7 million cases of COVID-19. So many people have been seriously sickened by COVID-19 that they need to be cared for in hospital, such as with oxygen. Doctors commonly prescribe antibiotics for people with COVID-19 in hospital. Eric Brown, a professor at the McMaster University's Institute of Infectious Disease Research, has concerns about how COVID-19 could drive up antibiotic resistance in bacteria that aren't killed by standard drugs. READ MORE

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