In this study, medical prophylaxis was the main indication for antibiotic use, with an increasing trend over time: it referred mainly to children admitted in medical subspecialty units, whose proportion increased by 42% from 2008 to 2016, and especially in oncology and hematology.
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Prevalence of antibiotic use in a tertiary care hospital in Italy, 2008-2016.
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