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Skin infections in kids have risen

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By ABC7
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
LOS ANGELES According to researchers, the children most at risk are young kids, those 4-years-old and under.

But skin infection rates have shot up amongst teens, too. Experts suspect overuse of uneccessary antibiotics is to blame. For example: when they are given to treat ear infections or bronchitis, which is most often caused by a virus, not bacteria.

 

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