Antibiotic resistance remains a major threat to public health around the world, and for the large part, the cause is misuse of antibiotics, says the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). The ECDC put out the message in a statement released on Sunday to coincide with the fifth European Antibiotic Awareness Day. Antibiotic resistance is a major health concern because it increases healthcare costs, causes people to stay in hospital for longer, results in treatment failures, and sometimes death...
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