Duration of Antibiotic Therapy: Shorter Is Better

doi:10.7326/M19-1509

Editorial

. 2019 Aug 6;171(3):210-211.

doi: 10.7326/M19-1509. Epub 2019 Jul 9.

Duration of Antibiotic Therapy: Shorter Is Better

Brad Spellberg¹, Louis B Rice²

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¹ Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, California (B.S.).
² Rhode Island Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island (L.B.R.).

PMID: 31284302
PMCID: PMC6736742
DOI: 10.7326/M19-1509

Editorial

Duration of Antibiotic Therapy: Shorter Is Better

Brad Spellberg et al. Ann Intern Med. 2019.

. 2019 Aug 6;171(3):210-211.

doi: 10.7326/M19-1509. Epub 2019 Jul 9.

Authors

Brad Spellberg¹, Louis B Rice²

Affiliations

¹ Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, California (B.S.).
² Rhode Island Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island (L.B.R.).

PMID: 31284302
PMCID: PMC6736742
DOI: 10.7326/M19-1509

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1. Rice LB. The Maxwell Finland Lecture: For the duration–rational antibiotic administration in an era of antimicrobial resistance and Clostridium difficile. Clin Infect Dis. 2008;46:491–6. doi:10.1086/526535 - DOI - PubMed
1. Spellberg B The new antibiotic mantra–“shorter is better”. JAMA Intern Med. 2016;176:1254–5. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.3646 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
1. Wald-Dickler N, Spellberg B. Short course antibiotic therapy–replacing Constantine units with “shorter is better”. Clin Infect Dis. 2019. doi:10.1093/cid/ciy1134 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
1. Gjika E, Beaulieu JY, Vakalopoulos K, et al. Two weeks versus four weeks of antibiotic therapy after surgical drainage for native joint bacterial arthritis: a prospective, randomised, non-inferiority trial. Ann Rheum Dis. 2019. doi:10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-215116 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
1. Royer S, DeMerle KM, Dickson RP, et al. Shorter versus longer courses of antibiotics for infection in hospitalized patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Hosp Med. 2018;13:336–42. doi:10.12788/jhm.2905 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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[1] Rice LB. The Maxwell Finland Lecture: For the duration–rational antibiotic administration in an era of antimicrobial resistance and Clostridium difficile. Clin Infect Dis. 2008;46:491–6. doi:10.1086/526535 - DOI - PubMed

[2] Rice LB. The Maxwell Finland Lecture: For the duration–rational antibiotic administration in an era of antimicrobial resistance and Clostridium difficile. Clin Infect Dis. 2008;46:491–6. doi:10.1086/526535 - DOI - PubMed

[3] Spellberg B The new antibiotic mantra–“shorter is better”. JAMA Intern Med. 2016;176:1254–5. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.3646 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[4] Spellberg B The new antibiotic mantra–“shorter is better”. JAMA Intern Med. 2016;176:1254–5. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.3646 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[5] Wald-Dickler N, Spellberg B. Short course antibiotic therapy–replacing Constantine units with “shorter is better”. Clin Infect Dis. 2019. doi:10.1093/cid/ciy1134 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[6] Wald-Dickler N, Spellberg B. Short course antibiotic therapy–replacing Constantine units with “shorter is better”. Clin Infect Dis. 2019. doi:10.1093/cid/ciy1134 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[7] Gjika E, Beaulieu JY, Vakalopoulos K, et al. Two weeks versus four weeks of antibiotic therapy after surgical drainage for native joint bacterial arthritis: a prospective, randomised, non-inferiority trial. Ann Rheum Dis. 2019. doi:10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-215116 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[8] Gjika E, Beaulieu JY, Vakalopoulos K, et al. Two weeks versus four weeks of antibiotic therapy after surgical drainage for native joint bacterial arthritis: a prospective, randomised, non-inferiority trial. Ann Rheum Dis. 2019. doi:10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-215116 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[9] Royer S, DeMerle KM, Dickson RP, et al. Shorter versus longer courses of antibiotics for infection in hospitalized patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Hosp Med. 2018;13:336–42. doi:10.12788/jhm.2905 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[10] Royer S, DeMerle KM, Dickson RP, et al. Shorter versus longer courses of antibiotics for infection in hospitalized patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Hosp Med. 2018;13:336–42. doi:10.12788/jhm.2905 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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