Adrien Lemaignen

@lemaignen.bsky.social

ID doc - specific interest in epidemiology, bone and joint infections, bloodstream infections and endocarditis, zoonoses Tours, France

Great post @apsmunro.bsky.social! Doing more is such a natural reaction. But even 'benign' interventions may likely be harmful when tested properly. I'm yet to know of a trial for sepsis where adding antibiotics has been beneficial (outside of TB where we do it to prevent emergence of resistance).

Alasdair Munro@apsmunro.bsky.social · 2mo ago

My new post looks at two antimicrobials which have been routinely used and even recommended in guidelines despite a lack of RCT evidence In the last few weeks they’ve both been shown to have no benefit, and worse, high probability of harm - killing patients A lesson we keep failing to learn