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Infectious Diseases physician at @AHNtoday | #stewardship | Pittsburgh native & sports fan | Proud minivan owner | Tweets my own/not med advice
Sep 17, 2022 24 tweets 18 min read
How long is long enough?🤔

I channeled my inner @BradSpellberg to give this talk on duration of therapy at the #ThreeRiversASP2022

Interested? Follow the 🧵 below

Not interested? Go Rx a zpak for a cold

#IDtwitter #MedTwitter #MedEd #pharmed #shorterisbetter ImageImageImage Common question I get as an ID doc relates to duration of abx therapy

How do I decide?

Back in 2010, @PaulSaxMD revealed the secret "5/7 rule" in his @JWatch blog, causing panic in the ID community - Will we still get consults since our secret sauce was revealed?? ImageImage