Professor Dame Sally Davies, England's Chief Medical Officer, recently warned that the world could face a "post-antibiotic apocalypse.” She urged that, unless action is taken to halt the practices that have allowed antibiotic resistance to spread and ways are found to develop new types of antibiotics, we could return to the days when simple wounds, infections or routine operations, are life-threatening.
To mark World Antibiotic Awareness Week, 12th-18th November 2018, we are highlighting Cochrane evidence which supports decision-making in the appropriate use of antibiotics.
Blog post: Antibiotic resistance - bacteria fighting back on Evidently Cochrane.
Blog post: Apocalypse now - antimicrobial resistance on Evidently Cochrane.
Blog post: Do the drugs work? Cochrane evidence on antibiotics in dentistry on the Cochrane Oral Health Blog.
Blog post: Why should I care about antibiotic resistance? on Evidently Cochrane.
Press Release: Shared decision making and antibiotic use for acute respiratory infections in primary care (read in Spanish).
Improving antibiotic prescribing in hospital
Antibiotics for preventing recurrent sore throat
Biomarkers as point-of-care tests to guide antibiotic use for acute respiratory infections
Antibiotics for acute otitis media in children
Rapid antigen detection tests (RADTs) for group A streptococcus (GAS) in children with pharyngitis
Antibiotics for operative vaginal delivery?
Routine antibiotic prophylaxis after normal vaginal birth for reducing maternal infectious morbidity
Antibiotics for episiotomy repair?
Antibiotic prophylaxis for women having cesarean section
Timing of IV prophylactic antibiotics for women having caesarean delivery
Preventing post-cesarean infections: which route for antibiotics?
Antibiotics for exacerbations of COPD
Antibiotics for irreversible pulpitis
Antibiotics for chronic rhinosinusitis
Pre-admission antibiotics for suspected meningococcal disease
Short- vs. long-course intravenous antibiotics for severe pneumonia in children aged 2-59 months
Prophylactic antibiotics after cervical excision
Antibiotics for cough or wheeze after acute bronchiolitis in children
Antibiotics for asymptomatic bacteriuria in kidney transplant recipients
Continuous versus intermittent antibiotics for bronchiectasis
Oral versus inhaled antibiotics for bronchiectasis
