Antibiotic Use in Sepsis: How and Why Less Can Really Mean More (Survival), American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine 203(2): 157-158

The article reports that antibiotic therapy is essential in the management of sepsis with delays in the initiation of appropriate antibiotic therapy being a consistent mortality risk factor. Topics include examines that clinicians have turned to biomarkers that can identify a bacterial infection and have used serial measurements to guide the discontinuation of antibiotic therapy.
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