"One-size-fits-all"? Optimizing treatment duration for bacterial infections.
Historically, antibiotic treatment guidelines have aimed to maximize treatment efficacy and minimize toxicity, but have not considered the evolution of antibiotic resistance. Optimizing the duration and dosing of treatment to minimize the duration of symptomatic infection and selection pressure for...
Main Authors: | Patricia Geli, Ramanan Laxminarayan, Michael Dunne, David L Smith |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22253798/?tool=EBI |
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