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The Pandemic Is Exacerbating Antibiotic Resistance, Says Concerned Wash U Physician

The Pandemic Is Exacerbating Antibiotic Resistance, Says Concerned Wash U Physician

St. Louis on the Air · St. Louis Public Radio

January 21, 202122m 39s

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A study published in the peer-reviewed medical journal Clinical Infectious Diseases finds that in addition to up to half of adults being wrongfully prescribed antibiotics in hospital settings, one in four children given antibiotics in children’s hospitals are prescribed the drugs inappropriately.