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Narrow-spectrum antibiotics should be prioritized, but the lack of antibiograms in hospitals forces doctors to prescribe blindly. "Without proper mechanisms to ensure responsible use, even these ...

Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2011;9(1):81-96. In summary, for empiric treatment of infections of the CNS following surgery and prophylactic antibiotics for trauma (Table 2) based on consensus ...

Instead, say doctors, narrow-spectrum antibiotics should be prioritised. But hospitals often lack antibiograms - microbiology-based antibiotic guidelines - forcing doctors to prescribe "broadly ...