Tag Archives: Duration of treatment
How long should that antibiotic course last?
Guest posting from Ms Kristi Kozierowski, AMS and ICU pharmacist, John Hunter Hospital, NSW, Australia. This is a useful evidence-based summary produced for AAW 2019 – Duration FINAL Kozierowski 2019. Usage welcome with acknowledgement. References Shorter is better : evidence review by Brad Spellberg
Do you really need to finish that antibiotic course?
Professor Lyn Gilbert started a discussion going with her recent MJA piece. Health and Wellbeing (ABC) took up the discussion with a further piece teasing out some of these issues- Antibiotics – when is enough enough? Full text below. The community discussion that followed on the ABC News Facebook page was very interesting and diverse! […]
AIMED - Let's talk about antibiotics 