Shortening antibiotic duration in the treatment of acute cholangitis: rationale and study protocol for an open-label randomized controlled trial

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[2] Chang I-J(2012)Epidemiology and prognostic determinants of bacteraemic biliary tract infection J Antimicrob Chemother 676 1508-1513

[3] Lai Y-C(2012)The clinical epidemiology and outcomes of bacteraemic biliary tract infections caused by antimicrobial-resistant pathogens Am J Gastroenterol 107 473-483

[4] Chen SY(2007)Biliary tract infection and bacteraemia: presentation, structural abnormalities, causative organisms and clinical outcomes Postgrad Med J 83 773-776

[5] Chen SC(1984)Antibiotics in the treatment of biliary infection Gut. 25 988-998

[6] Ortega M(2018)Shorter duration of antibiotic treatment for acute bacteraemic cholangitis with successful biliary drainage: a retrospective cohort study Clin Microbiol Infect 24 1184-1189

[7] Marco F(2011)Strategies for reduction in duration of antibiotic use in hospitalized patients Clin Infect Dis 52 1232-1240

[8] Soriano A(2008)The Maxwell Finland Lecture: for the duration-rational antibiotic administration in an era of antimicrobial resistance and clostridium difficile Clin Infect Dis 46 491-496

[9] Almela M(2011)Impact of previous antibiotic therapy on outcome of Gram-negative severe sepsis Crit Care Med 39 1859-1865

[10] Martinez JA(2011)Cumulative antibiotic exposures over time and the risk of Clin Infect Dis 53 42-48

[1] Lee C-C(2007)Epidemiology and prognostic determinants of patients with bacteraemic cholecystitis or cholangitis Am J Gastroenterol 102 563-569

[2] Chang I-J(2012)Epidemiology and prognostic determinants of bacteraemic biliary tract infection J Antimicrob Chemother 676 1508-1513

[3] Lai Y-C(2012)The clinical epidemiology and outcomes of bacteraemic biliary tract infections caused by antimicrobial-resistant pathogens Am J Gastroenterol 107 473-483

[4] Chen SY(2007)Biliary tract infection and bacteraemia: presentation, structural abnormalities, causative organisms and clinical outcomes Postgrad Med J 83 773-776

[5] Chen SC(1984)Antibiotics in the treatment of biliary infection Gut. 25 988-998

[6] Ortega M(2018)Shorter duration of antibiotic treatment for acute bacteraemic cholangitis with successful biliary drainage: a retrospective cohort study Clin Microbiol Infect 24 1184-1189

[7] Marco F(2011)Strategies for reduction in duration of antibiotic use in hospitalized patients Clin Infect Dis 52 1232-1240

[8] Soriano A(2008)The Maxwell Finland Lecture: for the duration-rational antibiotic administration in an era of antimicrobial resistance and clostridium difficile Clin Infect Dis 46 491-496

[9] Almela M(2011)Impact of previous antibiotic therapy on outcome of Gram-negative severe sepsis Crit Care Med 39 1859-1865

[10] Martinez JA(2011)Cumulative antibiotic exposures over time and the risk of Clin Infect Dis 53 42-48