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Mon Aug 22

Health Check: should kids be given antibiotics in their first year?

Written by Penelope Bryant, Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases and General Paediatrics, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute

Two-thirds of children have already received antibiotics by the time they are one year old.from www.shutterstock.com.au

Two-thirds of children have already received antibiotics by the time they are one year old. Antibiotic use is increasing in Australia, which directly affects the development of antibiotic resistance. This is now at crisis levels,...

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