McMaster Textbook of Internal Medicine

Short-course antibiotic therapy

2023-01-18

Brad Spellberg, Madeleine Verhovsek, Zain Chagla

Dr Brad Spellberg, Chief Medical Officer at the Los Angeles County+University of Southern California (LAC+USC) Medical Center, discusses data on short-course antibiotic therapy and antibiotic resistance. The webinar, chaired by Dr Madeleine Verhovsek and Dr Zain Chagla, was recorded at the Chair’s Medical Grand Rounds on October 13, 2022.

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