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Danger of abusing antibiotics

Since their introduction, antibiotics have prevented incalculable suffering and saved millions of lives, writes Dr Marga Boyani

Antibiotics are one of the most revolutionary discoveries of the 20th Century. They kill or prevent bacteria from breeding and help our immune systems cope with infection.

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