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Advice to complete antibiotics seen as outdated

Patients may not need to complete a course of antibiotics as previously recommended by medical advice, researchers argue, calling for clinical trials to find the optimum duration of antibiotic treatment.
Posted 10 August 2017 - 07:10
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