Love natural experiments like this! Next best thing we have to an RCT Ultimately, a strong argument to think hard before nonchalantly carpetbombing our anaerobes, especially since CTX and Cefepime have decent anaerobic coverage (except B. fragilis!)

INSIDE LOOK 👀 From the upcoming issue (July 8): A retrospective study of 3,999 patients showed similar in-hospital mortality & a higher risk of C. difficile colitis in the extended anaerobic coverage group compared w/ the limited anaerobic coverage group. hubs.la/Q02F98Jz0

It’s about damn time. Drugs compose ~10% of our over-inflated healthcare cost. For the sake of our patients, communities, and our national economy, we need to give Medicare a spine to stand up to otherwise predatory drug pricing practices!