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Freiburg – Every third patient receives at least one antibiotic in hospital. Broad-spectrum antibiotics are often preferred, although in every other case an agent with a narrower spectrum of activity would have been possible. A study in Eurosurveillance (2024; DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.46.2400156), which reviewed prescriptions at 10 non-university clinics in Baden-Württemberg, draws attention to this and other deficits. The publication…