Tag: antibiotics
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Seven is the new fourteen
Some think of medicine, or at least antibiotic treatment duration, as a religion. In the Bible “seven” stands for completeness (I got that from Wikipedia), and therefore infections should be treated with antibiotics for seven, fourteen, or twenty-one days.
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How to test new antibiotics for Carbapenem-resistant Gram-negatives?
Antibiotic resistance is the Darwinian consequence of antibiotic use, and poor infection control in healthcare settings its Semmelweisian accelerator. The most recent mega-meta-analysis revealed that the burden due to AMR had not really increased over the last 20 years but is expected to rise in the coming years. One of…