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Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2005 56(2):441-442; doi:10.1093/jac/dki213
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Duration of antibiotic treatment: are even numbers odd?

Emine Alp1,2, Johannes G. van der Hoeven3, Paul E. Verweij1, Johan W. Mouton4 and Andreas Voss1,4,*

1 Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; 2 Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Kayseri, Turkey; 3 Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Department of Intensive Care, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; 4 Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

* Correspondence address. Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital, PO Box 9015, 6500 GS Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Tel: +31-24-36575-14; Fax: +31-24-36575-16; E-mail: a.voss@cwz.nl

Keywords: antibiotic treatment , treatment duration

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Sir,

The optimal duration of antibiotic treatment of infections is still controversial. While medical textbooks mainly offer advice for extended treatment duration such as 10 days, 14 days, 4 weeks, 6 weeks or 12 months,1–5 in clinical practice antibiotic . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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