Antibiotics and PPIs linked to increased risk of infectious diarrhea in children

Thursday, March 7, 2019 - 11:00 in Health & Medicine

Prior antibiotic exposure and use of acid suppressing medications known as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) may increase the risk for hospitalized children to contract dangerous Clostridioides difficile infections, according to a new study.

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