Short-course antibiotic therapy: The next frontier in antimicrobial stewardship

This article will review the origins and evolution of our approach regarding antimicrobial prescription duration, the evidence for the use of short-course therapy for selected infections, barriers to the uptake of this practice and potential approaches that can be taken to reduce inappropriately long antibiotic use.PMID:38173469 | PMC:PMC10763651 | DOI:10.14745/ccdr.v48i1112a01

Source: Can Commun Dis Rep - January 4, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Donald Sheppard Source Type: research