Comparison of 7 versus 10 days of antibiotic therapy for hospitalized patients with uncomplicated community-acquired pneumonia: a prospective, randomized, double-blind study

This is a critical abstract of an economic evaluation that meets the criteria for inclusion on NHS EED. Each abstract contains a brief summary of the methods, the results and conclusions followed by a detailed critical assessment on the reliability of the study and the conclusions drawn. The authors concluded that a 7-day antibiotic treatment is safe and sufficient for the treatment of inpatients with uncomplicated CAP, when compared to a 10-day treatment strategy, since the longer treatment did not show improvements in terms of cure rates or recurrences, but did incur higher costs.