Guidance on the use of fluoroquinolone antibiotics
European veterinary practitioners are to receive guidance on the appropriate use of the fluoroquinolone group of antibiotics in treating a wide range of common diseases in companion animals. The advice has been drawn up by the REQUEST team, a multinational and multidisciplinary group of experts which met for the third time last November. Their recommendations have been designed to help ensure the continued availability of this class of antibiotics in both veterinary and human medicine. The REQUEST initiative aims to achieve a consensus on when and how to prescribe fluoroquinolones, based on a detailed...