Rising obesity prompts higher antibiotic doses call (BBC News Online, 15 January 2010)

18 Jan 2010


Doctors from the US and Greece have suggested that the dosage of antibiotics prescribed should be adjusted to each individual case, arguing that standard doses may not give sufficient drug distribution to combat bacterial infections in the rising number of obese patients.

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