Post-hoc analysis 📊 of BALANCE trial
➡️1,037 immunocompromised patients
➡️Mostly solid tumors/chemo
➡️Higher 90-day mortality (21.8%) vs overall cohort (15.3%)
➡️No difference 7 vs 14 days of ABX in immunocompromised subgroup
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The Bacteremia Antibiotic Length Actually Needed For Clinical Effectiveness (BALANCE)
randomized clinical trial (RCT) demonstrated 7 days to be non-inferior to 14 days
of antibiotics for bacteremia. U...