Duration of Treatment for Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bacteremia: a Retrospective Study.
Tanya BabichPontus NauclerJohn Karlsson ValikChristian G GiskeNatividad BenitoRuben CardonaAlba RiveraCeline PulciniManal Abdel FattahJustine HaquinAlasdair MacgowanSally GrierBibiana ChazanAnna YanovskayRonen Ben AmiMichal LandesLior NesherAdi Zaidman-ShimshovitzKate McCarthyDavid L PatersonEvelina TacconelliMichael BuhlSusanna MauerJesús Rodríguez-BañoMarina de CuetoAntonio OliverEnrique Ruiz de GopeguiAngela CanoIsabel MachucaMonica Gozalo-MarguelloLuis Martinez-MartinezEva M Gonzalez-BarberaIris Gomez AlfaroMiguel SalavertBojana BeovicAndreja SajeManica Mueller-PremruLeonardo PaganiVirginie VitratDiamantis KofteridisMaria ZacharioudakiSofia MarakiYulia WeissmanMical PaulYaakov DicksteinLeonard LeiboviciDafna YahavPublished in: Infectious diseases and therapy (2022)
In this retrospective study, 6-10 days of antibiotic course for P. aeruginosa bacteremia were as effective as longer courses in terms of survival and recurrence. Shorter therapy was associated with reduced length of stay and less drug discontinuation.