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Antibiotics Cut Treatment Failure in Acute COPD


 

“Having such a large data set allowed us to adjust for just about everything … No matter how we looked at it, we were still left with a benefit for antibiotics,” said Dr. Rothberg, adding that future studies will address whether there are differences between the antibiotic classes.

This study was funded internally by Baystate Medical Center's Division of Healthcare Quality.

'No matter how we looked at it, we were still left with a benefit for antibiotics.' DR. ROTHBERG

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