Evaluation of the strategies to reduce third-generation oral cephalosporins in dentistry at a Japanese academic hospital: An interrupted time series analysis.
Akira YamagamiKatsuya NarumiYoshitaka SaitoAyako FurugenShungo ImaiYoshimasa KitagawaYoichi OhiroRyo TakagiYoh TakekumaMitsuru SugawaraMasaki KobayashiPublished in: Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics (2022)
After December 2014, prophylactic antibiotics were switched from CFPN-PI to AMPC, and the incidence rate of infectious complications was not significantly different over time. However, changing antibiotics is useful from a cost-effectiveness perspective.