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Clinical Conundrums: Should You Give the First Dose of Antibiotics IV Before Discharging Home on Oral Antibiotics?

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Except for patients with poor gut absorption or those with critical infectious processes such as septic shock or necrotizing fasciitis, this belief appears to be unfounded. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2001; 111(5):367-74.