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Rates of antibiotic use in US hospitals unchanged
Between 2006 and 2012, overall rates of antibiotic use in hospitalized patients did not change significantly, according to data published in JAMA Internal Medicine.However, James Braggs, PhD, from the CDC, and colleagues identified increases in certain antibiotic classes, including broad-spectrum antibiotics, which they noted could have significant impact on antibiotic-resistant infections.