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Re:World on cusp of 'post-antibiotic era' by sliverstorm on Thursday November 19, 2015 @12:10PM (#10595947)
What about regulating which "classes" of antibiotics get used at least in the gross majority of cases?

Different antibiotics have different pathways, much like barbituates and amphetamines have different pathways, despite both getting you high. Perhaps if we use only pathway "A" for a decade, bacteria will lose resistance on pathway "B" (and vica versa)?

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Re:World on cusp of 'post-antibiotic era' by howlin on Thursday November 19, 2015 @03:34PM (#10597417)
Similar issue though. When class A fails, do you let your patient die, or do you try class B even though it's not supposed to be used this decade?
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Re:World on cusp of 'post-antibiotic era' by sliverstorm on Thursday November 19, 2015 @03:56PM (#10597594)
So long as you can keep usage of class B very low, especially if you can quarantine anyone being treated by class B until they are not contagious, you don't have to prohibit all use.
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