Azithromycin has been used for years primarily to treat respiratory infections, although it is probably overused, given that many respiratory infections clear up without antibiotics, and important bacteria are developing resistance.

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Dr Dagan said day care centres are ideal environments for the development of such resistance because they are associated with a high rate of respiratory infections that leads to a high rate of antibiotic use.

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