Unnatural selection: reducing antibiotic resistance in neonatal units
Open Access
- 20 September 2005
- journal article
- review article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal & Neonatal
- Vol. 91 (1) , F72-F74
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.2005.074963
Abstract
Antibiotic use selects for antibiotic resistant bacteria. This is an example of rapid Darwinian natural selection in action. It occurs in neonatal intensive care units with the use of parenteral antibiotics, and in the community with oral antibiotic use. A 10 point plan is put forward to reduce antibiotic resistance in neonatal units.Keywords
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