Antibiotic overuse on #Covid-19 patients in India prompts superbug concerns, South Asia News & Top Stories - The Straits Times
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Patients in India, even those suffering mildly from Covid-19, have been administered strong antibiotics such as #azithromycin and doxycycline while undergoing treatment despite clinical trials suggesting that these are not an effective treatment for the disease.
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A study published last November in the New England Journal Of Medicine reported that mass distribution of azithromycin among children in Niger had resulted in a manifold rise in resistance to not just the category of antibiotics that includes azithromycin, but also a “notable increase” in resistance to several other antibiotics.