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Careful prescribing of antibiotics will minimise the emergence of antimicrobial resistant strains of bacteria.

The Western obsession with cleanliness may be partly responsible for the increase in allergic asthma and conditions such as rhinitis.

Outbreaks of shigella gastroenteritis can occur in institutional settings, particularly where children are still in nappies or adults are incontinent.

Hospital patients are more likely to be infected by golden staph because of surgical or other wounds.