Effect of antibiotic stewardship on the incidence of infection and colonisation with antibiotic-resistant bacteria and Clostridium difficile infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

This Meta-analysis (9,056,241 patient-days and 159 estimates of incidence ratios) found that antibiotic stewardship programmes reduced the incidence of infections and colonisation with multidrug-resistant bacteria and C difficile infections in hospital inpatients.
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