Association Between Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing Practices and Community-Associated Clostridium difficile Infection

A modest, 10% reduction in outpatient antibiotic prescribing among U.S. adults could result in a substantial 17% reduction in Clostridium difficile infections that originate in the community.

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