Prevention of antimicrobial resistance needs parents informations

Antibiotic resistance is becoming worldwide a major challenge. Increasing r ate of multidrug resistant bacteria is directly linked with the consumption of antibiotic. Children are the greatest consumers of antibiotics, but thi s large pediatric prescription is not justified, and responds, at least in part, to a "parental pressure". Therefore information to the parents about antibiotic is recommanded In order to promote this information the American Academy of Pediatrics recently wrote a booklet intitled "Your child and an tibiotics" which is presented. (C) 1999 Elsevier, Paris.