This report provides an update on the use and monitoring of...
July 2018
Encouraging progress has been made by prescribers in New Zealand...
July 2018
For the majority of people with upper respiratory tract infections...
June 2018
In general, the recommended durations of antibiotic treatment...
June 2018
This week (13th – 19th November) marks world antibiotic awareness...
November 2017
The following information is a consensus guide. It is intended...
July 2017
The 2017 edition of the bpacnz antibiotics guide; "Antibiotics:...
July 2017
Clinical indications for the use of topical antibiotics are
continuing...
February 2017
In the community, many patients have skin and soft tissue infections...
February 2017
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)...
October 2015
Amoxicillin clavulanate is a broad spectrum antibiotic which...
September 2015
Contributed by: Associate Professor Mark Thomas, Faculty of...
June 2015
Appropriate prescribing of antibiotics for patients with respiratory...
June 2015
Traditionally, clinicians and health authorities advocate that...
June 2015
Delayed antibiotic prescribing, also known as a “back pocket...
June 2015
Increasing rates of resistance to topical antibiotics continues...
June 2015
Sales of probiotic products in the community generate billions...
June 2015
The Australasian Society of Infectious Diseases (ASID) annual...
June 2015
In 2014 we published over 60 medical education articles in Best...
February 2015
Topical antibiotics in general have been excessively used in...
October 2014
Associate Professor Mark Thomas from the University of Auckland,...
June 2014
Growing use of azithromycin in New Zealand means that we are...
April 2014
This month marks the launch of our 2013 revised edition of “Antibiotic...
August 2013
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July 2013
Antimicrobial resistance is one of the greatest threats to health...
June 2013
Amoxicillin clavulanate is an important and effective medicine...
September 2011
In this final article in the series on antimicrobial resistance,...
February 2011
This article reviews the data currently available, which enables...
December 2010
Ideally antibiotics should be reserved for the treatment of...
October 2010
The threat of multiple drug resistant organisms in New Zealand....
August 2010
The June edition of Best Practice Journal (BPJ 68) was themed...
September 2015