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JAC Advance Access published online on November 6, 2009
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, doi:10.1093/jac/dkp415
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© The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Letter to the Editor

Comment on: Swine flu and antibiotics

Michael Eisenhut*

Luton & Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Lewsey Road, Luton LU4 ODZ, UK

* Tel: +448451270127; E-mail: michael_eisenhut@yahoo.com

Key Words: procalcitonin , influenza H1N1 , antibiotics

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Sir,

In a recent article, Barlow commented on behalf of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy on Department of Health guidance on antibiotic use in suspected H1N1 influenza.1 Concerns were expressed that the indiscriminate use of broad-spectrum antibiotics would undermine strategies to reduce emergence of Clostridium difficile and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections.1 The authors mentioned that . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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