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Course # 9506 • Antibiotics Review
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A meta-analysis published by the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews found that interventions to improve antibiotic prescribing to hospital inpatients are successful and can reduce antimicrobial resistance or hospital-acquired infections.
(
http://www.cochrane.org/reviews/en/ab003543.html Last Accessed: January 14, 2009
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Level of Evidence:
Meta-analysis
(Meta-analysis)
The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy recommends that sulfonamides be avoided during the third trimester of pregancy and when nursing infants younger than 2 months because of the risk of kernicterus.
(
http://www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=6822 Last Accessed: January 14, 2009
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Level of Evidence:
B
(observational studies)
Level of Evidence:
C
(expert opinion)
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