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Clinical Challenge
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The Hong Kong Practitioner
VOLUME 25 / October 2003
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| Antibiotics and immunological
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Question: It is undisputable that abuse of antibiotics leads to the emergence of resistant bacterial strains. Many patients infer from this that taking antibiotics somehow weakens their immunological resistance to future episodes of infectious diseases. While the former phenomenon concerning the entire community is a genuine problem, what level of evidence do we have in sustaining or refuting the latter claim concerning the patient as an individual? |
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