Trial of Short-Course Antimicrobial Therapy for Intraabdominal Infection

Short summary

A fixed 4-day course of antibiotics proved as effective as a longer, symptom-guided course (median 8 days) for treating complicated intraabdominal infections after source control, with no significant difference in surgical-site infections, recurrent infections, or death within 30 days.

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