Duration of Antibiotic Therapy for Critically Ill Patients with Bloodstream Infections: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Affiliations

Thomas C Havey: Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Robert A Fowler: Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ruxandra Pinto: Trauma, Emergency and Critical Care Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Marion Elligsen: Department of Pharmacy, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nick Daneman: Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The optimal duration of antibiotic treatment for bloodstream infections is unknown and understudied.

ISSN: 1712-9532 (Print); 1918-1493 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases; Science: Microbiology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/9575