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Review
. 2018 Mar;39(3):373-376.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2017.273. Epub 2018 Feb 15.

Potential Impact of Antibiotic Stewardship Programs on Overall Antibiotic Use in Adult Acute-Care Hospitals in the United States

Sarah Kabbani  1 , James Baggs  1 , Lauri A Hicks  1 , Arjun Srinivasan  1
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Review

Potential Impact of Antibiotic Stewardship Programs on Overall Antibiotic Use in Adult Acute-Care Hospitals in the United States

Sarah Kabbani et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018 Mar.
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Potential conflicts of interest: All authors report no conflicts of interest relevant to this article.

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