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Banfield
ELKINS A new study shows that nearly half of women with urinary tract infections are prescribed the wrong antibiotics. Dr. Anne Banfield, FACOG, was interviewed by the Lily (a publication of the Washington Post) about the study which was published in the Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology journal.
According to the study, women in rural areas were particularly impacted.
“The proper use of antibiotics has become a much more relevant topic in the last decade,” said Banfield, who is the Director of Women’s Health Services for Davis Medical Center. “Antibiotics have been a sort of panacea for all things. They are effective in treating simple but potentially deadly infections and have been prescribed for a variety of conditions. We wouldn’t consider antibiotics for some of these conditions now.”