Antibiotic stewardship reduces C. diff in hospitalized children

Sunday, October 11, 2015 - 22:00 in Health & Medicine

Hospitalized children were three times less likely to become sick with Clostridium difficile (C. diff), a serious bacterial infection that can occur after prolonged antibiotic use, following implementation of an antibiotic stewardship program, a new study found. These programs reduce the misuse of antibiotics and therefore C. diff, and also result in antibiotic cost savings, according to new research.

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