ArticleJAMA internal medicine2016
The New Antibiotic Mantra-"Shorter Is Better".
Article in JAMA internal medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 134 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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134 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Shorter Versus Longer Antibiotic Treatment in Children With Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Systematic Review With Meta-Analyses.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2026Pooled it
- Shorter versus longer antibiotic therapy for children with acute otitis media: A systematic review.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Pooled it
- Shorter versus longer duration of Amoxicillin-based treatment for pediatric patients with community-acquired pneumonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of pediatrics · 2022Pooled it
- Oral Is the New IV. Challenging Decades of Blood and Bone Infection Dogma: A Systematic Review.The American journal of medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Shorter Versus Longer Courses of Antibiotics for Infection in Hospitalized Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of hospital medicine · 2018Pooled it
- Microbial epidemiology and risk factors for relapse in gram-negative bacteria catheter-related bloodstream infection with a pilot prospective study in patients with catheter removal receiving short-duration of antibiotic therapy.BMC infectious diseases · 2020Trial
- The Effect of Expert Feedback on Antibiotic Prescribing in Pediatrics: Experimental Evidence.Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making · 2019Trial
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- Procalcitonin-Guided Use of Antibiotics for Lower Respiratory Tract Infection.The New England journal of medicine · 2018Trial
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- Treatment duration of febrile urinary tract infection: a pragmatic randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled non-inferiority trial in men and women.BMC medicine · 2017Trial
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- Stroke-associated pneumonia: from immunodepression to bedside management and future research directions.Neurological research and practice · 2026Review
- Ethics of Antibiotic Course Duration: Shorter is Better.The American journal of bioethics : AJOB · 2026Article
- Antibiotic Discontinuation at Clinical Resolution Versus Seven Additional Days for Canine Superficial Pyoderma: A Randomized Clinical Study.Veterinary sciences · 2026Article
- Design, Synthesis of Pyridine Based Thiazolidine Derivatives and Investigation of Antimicrobial Activity Targeting Ergosterol Biosynthesis via In Vitro and In Silico Approaches.Chemical biology & drug design · 2026Article
- US Adults' Perspectives on Antibiotic Durations and Adherence to Therapy for Common Bacterial Respiratory Infections: A National Survey.Open forum infectious diseases · 2026Article
- ASP-COMPLEX: redefining antimicrobial stewardship to improve outcomes in high-risk patients with severe infections.Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia · 2026Review
- Short- versus long-course antibiotic therapy in mechanically ventilated sepsis patients with pneumonia: a real-world cohort analysis.Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2026Article
- Mitigating antibiotic resistance from missed doses.Journal of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics · 2026Article
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