7 versus 14 days of antibiotic treatment for critically ill patients with bloodstream infection: a pilot randomized clinical trial

Abstract Background Shorter-duration antibiotic treatment is sufficient for a range of bacterial infections, but has not been adequately studied for bloodstream infections. Our systematic review, survey, and observational study indicated equipoise for a trial of 7 versus 14 days of antibiotic treatm...

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Main Authors: Nick Daneman, Asgar H. Rishu, Ruxandra Pinto, Pierre Aslanian, Sean M. Bagshaw, Alex Carignan, Emmanuel Charbonney, Bryan Coburn, Deborah J. Cook, Michael E. Detsky, Peter Dodek, Richard Hall, Anand Kumar, Francois Lamontagne, Francois Lauzier, John C. Marshall, Claudio M. Martin, Lauralyn McIntyre, John Muscedere, Steven Reynolds, Wendy Sligl, Henry T. Stelfox, M. Elizabeth Wilcox, Robert A. Fowler, on behalf of the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-02-01
Series:Trials
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-018-2474-1