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Table 7 "Tarragona strategy", according to [66]

From: Treatment of complicated intra-abdominal infections in the era of multi-drug resistant bacteria

Tarragona strategy

Look at your patient

The choice for a certain antibiotic treatment should be based on individual patients' risk factors

Listen to your hospital

Knowledge of the actual hospital specific surveillance data is essential for the antibiotic choice

Hit hard and fast

The therapy should be initiated immediately and be broad enough to reach the vast majority of likely pathogens

Get to the point

Select antibiotics with pharmacokinetic and -dynamic properties to reach effective concentration at the side of infection

Focus, focus, focus

Re-evaluation of the initial therapy after 3 days, depending on the results from the microbiology, providing the option of de-escalation to reduce selection pressure and costs