When you need antibiotics and when you don’t

Antibiotics kill bacteria. While these drugs can be life-saving, they don’t work the same way when someone is ill due to a virus. When antibiotics are misused, the medicine becomes less effective over time, and bacteria becomes resistant. Dr. Pilar Bradshaw with Eugene Pediatric Associates in Eugene, Oregon, explains when antibiotics should be prescribed and when they shouldn't.

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