Limiting Antibiotics In Hospitals May Help Control Deadly Infections, Study Suggests.

reports that a study published in The Lancet suggests that limiting the use of antibiotics in hospitals may be even more useful at controlling Clostridium difficile than washing hands. British researchers found that the regions in England “where fluoroquinolone antibiotics were used widely, the more virulent and deadly resistant strains of C. diff became the dominant type of infection.” However, “in areas where antibiotic use was restricted, infections with resistant strains largely disappeared, leaving only people infected with milder, and more easily treatable, nonresistant strains.” https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/25/well/live/limiting-antibiotics-curbs-deadly-hospital-infections.html?_r=0