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Antibiotic shortage

Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 5:35 pm
by Bobbie
C. difficle
Daily update ⋅ December 15, 2017
NEWS
Fears global antibiotic shortage is causing rise in C. difficile infections at West Suffolk Hospital
East Anglian Daily Times
“One of the antibiotics that we routinely use to treat infections is called Tazocin (Tazobactam with Piperacillin), which works well at treating infection and has a lower risk of causing rises in the gut bacteria that can cause C. difficile. There has however been a national shortage of Tazocin supply; whilst ...