Short-course antimicrobial treatment for acute cholangitis with Gram-negative bacillary bacteremia

Objectives: The optimal antimicrobial treatment duration for patients with acute cholangitis with bacteremia remains unknown. The updated Tokyo Guidelines 2013 recommend a minimum duration of 2 weeks only when bacteremia with Gram-positive cocci is present. Since May 2013, a shorter antimicrobial tr...

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Main Authors: Shunsuke Uno, Ryota Hase, Masayoshi Kobayashi, Toshiyasu Shiratori, So Nakaji, Nobuto Hirata, Naoto Hosokawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-02-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971216316629