2010 Jun 9 – JAMA Editorial: Preserving the Effectiveness of Antibiotics

Robert P. Gaynes, MD. JAMA. 2010;303(22):2293-2294.
Antibiotics are extraordinary medicine and are often curative. In general, antibiotics are remarkably free of adverse effects, eradicating the microorganism and usually leaving the host unaffected. Because antibiotics are typically well tolerated and effective, they are often used when the diagnosis of a bacterial infection is unclear. The liberal use of antibiotics has contributed to antibiotic resistance—a problem that has become a crisis.


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