Friday 12 April 2019

Antibiotics legitimately available in over-counter throat medications could contribute to increased resistance

New research presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Amsterdam, Netherlands (13-16 April) shows that the inappropriate of use of antibiotics legitimately available in over-the-counter (OTC) throat medications could be contributing to antibiotic resistance, thereby going against World Health Organisation (WHO) goals.

* This article was originally published here