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Home Health Inappropriate antibiotic use for COVID-19 is linked to resistance

Inappropriate antibiotic use for COVID-19 is linked to resistance

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Taking azithromycin for as little as one day triggers antibiotic resistance in the respiratory tract, according to a first-of-its kind look by scientists at UC San Francisco of the changes that occur in the microbiome of hospitalized patients who were treated for COVID-19. Azithromycin is one of the most widely used antibiotics in the world, and it is essential for treating certain classes of bacterial infections that cause strep throat, pneumonia, and sexually transmitted diseases. But it does not work against viruses.

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