recently released study. "Of 670,450 patients in our study, nearly half received inappropriate agents and almost three-quarters received prescriptions with inappropriately long treatment durations," the study stated.The study, which was published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology — the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America — on Feb.
24, found that more often than not, doctors are overprescribing antibiotics over an inappropriate duration of time to treat a common UTI, which raises concerns of antibiotic resistance in patients.FILE - Woman using urine analysis test. (BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)RELATED: California, New York coronavirus variants: Researchers tracking spread of new strainsIn.