Why we should resist antibiotics.

The article looks at the problem of antibiotic resistance and approaches to addressing it. The author notes that overprescription of antibiotics to patients who have not been ascertained to have a bacterial infection contributes to the problem and calls on doctors not to give in when patients push them for an antibiotics prescription. Topics include the Longitude Prize to be given for the development of a diagnostic tool for bacterial infections and the British Antibiotic Guardians program.