Unnecessary antimicrobial use increases risk of recurrent infectious diarrhea

Wednesday, January 9, 2013 - 19:00 in Health & Medicine

A new study found that many patients with Clostridium difficile infection are prescribed unnecessary antibiotics, increasing their risk of recurrence of the deadly infection. The retrospective report shows that unnecessary antibiotics use is alarmingly common in this vulnerable patient population.

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