TY - JOUR T1 - Prescribing and guidelines: both must improve to combat antimicrobial resistance JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J SP - 1050 LP - 1050 DO - 10.1183/09031936.00200411 VL - 39 IS - 4 AU - M. Thomas AU - D.B. Price AU - A. Chisholm Y1 - 2012/04/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/39/4/1050.abstract N2 - To the Editors:In a recent European Respiratory Journal editorial, Woodhead [1] provided an interesting examination of the contribution of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) in the community to the development and spread of antimicrobial resistance in common bacterial pathogens.The discussion reports that the heterogeneous antibiotic prescribing across Europe seen in the GRACE (Genomics to Combat Resistance against Antibiotics in Community-acquired LRTI in Europe) network data was associated with no clinically important outcome differences. Yet Woodhead [1] goes on to note that other research, … ER -