Antibiotic Therapy for Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bloodstream Infections: How Long Is Long Enough?
Date:
11/13/2019
Citation:
Fabre V, Amoah J, Cosgrove SE, Tamma PD. Antibiotic Therapy for Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bloodstream Infections: How Long Is Long Enough? Clin Infect Dis. 2019 Nov 13;69(11):2011-2014. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz223. PMID: 30882137; PMCID: PMC7320076.
Abstract
In a multicenter, observational, propensity-score-weighted cohort of 249 adults with uncomplicated Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia, patients receiving short-course (median, 9 days; interquartile range [IQR], 8-10) therapy had a similar odds of recurrent infection or death within 30 days as those receiving longer courses (median, 16 days; IQR, 14-17).