Antibiotic-Associated Adverse Drug Events in Hospitalized Patients
Published October 10, 2017Antibiotics are life-saving medications that make modern medical care such as surgical procedures, organ transplantations, cancer chemotherapy possible. Unfortunately, their use can be associated with a number of adverse drug events (ADE) including allergic reactions, end-organ toxicity, colonization of and subsequent infection due to resistant bacteria, and Clostridium difficile infection. A previous study by Shehab N,… Read More