Mid-Atlantic Hospital Medicine Symposium Delivers Practice Pearls for Hospitalists

The arguments for using these newer drugs “may be that you can discharge the patient home, assuming they’ll have an active antibiotic in their system for a week, and maybe that will be more cost-effective,” Dr. Sullivan said. “The role that these should play in the management of your inpatients is still not clear, but they’re very new and interesting developments in treatment.” TH

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