Is very short-course antibiotic therapy possible in postoperative intra-abdominal infections? Discussion on “Short-course antibiotic therapy for critically ill patients treated for postoperative intra-abdominal infection: the DURAPOP randomised clinical trial”

  • Alejandro Suarez-de-la-Rica
  • Fernando Gilsanz
  • Emilio Maseda
  • Philippe Montravers
  • Sigismond Lasocki
  • Thomas Lescot
  • Herve Dupont
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The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of Anaesthesiology and Surgical Critical CareHospital Universitario La PazMadridSpain
  2. 2. Paris Diderot Sorbonne Cite UniversityParisFrance
  3. 3.Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Bichat-Claude Bernard University HospitalHUPNSV, AP-HP, INSERM UMRParisFrance
  4. 4.Département d’Anesthésie RéanimationL’UBL, Université d’Angers, CHU AngersAngersFrance
  5. 5.Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care MedicineSt Antoine Hospital, APHP, Sorbonne Universites, UPMC Univ Paris 06ParisFrance
  6. 6.Critical Care Medicine DepartmentAmiens University Hospital and INSERM U1088, University of Picardy Jules VerneAmiensFrance

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