STAT+: New antibiotics were underprescribed for hard-to-treat infections, study finds
STAT
APRIL 19, 2024
Although U.S. regulators approved several new antibiotics for combating hard-to-treat bacteria during a recent five-year period, hospital doctors instead gave older, generic remedies to more than 40% of patients battling those stubborn pathogens, according to a new analysis. Moreover, 80% of the time these older antibiotics were already known to be highly toxic or ineffective, according to the analysis.
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