ID:IOTS - Infectious Disease Insight Of Two Specialists 39. ID:IOTS Journal Club: 3 days treatment for CAP
It's time for journal club! Jame and Callum discuss community acquired pneumonia treatment and a paper from 2021 which examines shorter duration therapy for patients responding to therapy.
Paper discussed:
Dinh, Aurélien et al. “Discontinuing β-lactam treatment after 3 days for patients with community-acquired pneumonia in non-critical care wards (PTC): a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, non-inferiority trial.”
Lancet 2021;397: 1195-1203.
doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00313-5
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