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Old 04-15-2007, 01:59 AM
AKA_Monet AKA_Monet is offline
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Originally Posted by Alphagamuga View Post
I must have misread the original article I was looking at. I got the impression that they were recommending a switch for all treatment to a new and different drug, not just an additional step.
The way I understand it they doctors give the 1st level antibiotic, like penicillan, because if that kills the bug then do not need to worry about resistance. They want to use the low level drugs because the mutation rate is so rapid when a bug becomes resistant.
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