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    Appropriate use of short-course antibiotics in common infections: best practice advice from the American College of Physicians

    Lee, Rachael A; Centor, Robert M; Humphrey, Linda L; Jokela, Janet A; Andrews, Rebecca, M. S; Qaseem, Amir.
    Ann. intern. med; 174 (6), 2021
    Antimicrobial overuse is a major health care issue that contributes to antibiotic resistance. Such overuse includes unnecessarily long durations of antibiotic therapy in patients with common bacterial infections, such as acute bronchitis with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation, com...
    Community-Acquired Infections/drug therapy, Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use
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    Guidelines for management of intra-abdominal infections

    Montravers, P; Dupont, H; Leone, M; Constantin, J. M; Mertes, P. M.
    Anaesth. crit. care pain med; 34 (2), 2015
    Intra-abdominal infections are one of the most common gastrointestinal emergencies and a leading cause of septic shock. A consensus conference on the management of community-acquired peritonitis was published in 2000. A new consensus as well as new guidelines for less common situations such as peritoniti...
    Intraabdominal Infections/therapy, Community-Acquired Infections, Anti-Infective Agents/therapeutic use, Drainage/methods, Postoperative Complications
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