Antibiotic therapy: What is the optimal duration for PIAI?

(icTV) Interview with an author

 

Philippe Montravers discusses his recent article published in Intensive Care Medicine (ICM): Short-course antibiotic therapy for critically ill patients treated for postoperative intra-abdominal infection: the DURAPOP randomised clinical trial. (Free access link!)

Link to the STOP-IT Trial mentioned in the interview:

• Robert G. Sawyer, et al. Trial of Short-Course Antimicrobial Therapy for Intraabdominal Infection. N Engl J Med 2015; 372:1996-2005

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