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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 11 On the dangers of misuse of antibiotics [Keywords:] antibiotics; harm reduction; therapeutic use Antibiotics are the treatment of infectious diseases commonly used drugs in 1929, the first British scholar Flemming discovered penicillin in 1941, clinical application. Antibiotics of the twentieth century’s greatest medical discovery, which enables human beings to extend the average life expectancy of at least 10 years. Antibiotics is produced by some micro-organisms at low concentrations of other kinds of micro-organisms could inhibit or kill the role of drugs. the role of antibiotics in a wide range of bacteria, viruses, fungi and even cancer can play a role in inhibiting or killing. Therefore, the role of antibiotics based on the object can be divided into anti-bacterial action, the role of anti-viral and anti-fungal antibiotics. antimicrobial drugs is usually refers to inhibit or kill bacteria the role of drugs, has a narrower role, including against bacteria of antibiotics, but also include synthetic antibacterial agents, such as sulfa, and quinolones, etc.. So far, for the treatment of infectious diseases, there are more than 300 kinds of antibiotics, but due to the continuous birth of new antibiotics, antibiotics, and the same wide range of There are many trade names of antibiotics and other reasons, the medical staff in mastering the rational use of antibiotics, there are some difficulties, it is common phenomenon of abuse of antibiotics, resistant strains are also a growing tendency. Analysis of an abuse of antibiotics High market share of 1.1 antibiotics, antibiotic sales in China accounted for the top 100 pharmaceutical sales, 47%, while the western countries about 10%. According to statistics, in 2002, Chinese Medical Anti-infectives market reached 345 billion yuan. 1.2 Hospital excessive use of antibiotics developed countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom hospital antibiotic usage was 22% ~ 25%, while in