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. 2025 Jul;51(7):1388.
doi: 10.1007/s00134-025-07952-8. Epub 2025 Jun 4.

Shorter antibiotic courses for bloodstream infections can reduce healthcare spending

Brett Biebelberg  1   2
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Shorter antibiotic courses for bloodstream infections can reduce healthcare spending

Brett Biebelberg. Intensive Care Med. 2025 Jul.
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Declarations. Conflicts of interest: No financial or non-financial competing interests or conflicts of interest to disclose. Research involving human participants and/or animals: Not applicable; this Correspondence does not report new research. Informed consent: Not applicable; this Correspondence does not report new research.

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