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Swiss antibiotics prescriptions doubled during pandemic (www.swissinfo.ch)
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Doctors in Switzerland prescribed antibiotics twice as often in the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic as before.

This is shown by a new study by researchers at the University Hospital of Basel. According to the study published in the journal "Clinical Microbiology and Infection", the use of antibiotics doubled from around eight to 16 antibiotic prescriptions per 100 consultations. ...

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[–] ForestOrca@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago

and this was likely not just the Swiss. Worldwide a lot of doctors prescribed anti-bacterial anti-biotics for a viral infection. It's a problem. Overuse of antibiotics by medical professionals, and especially in industrial livestock businesses drives the process of antibiotic resistance in bacteria.