#195 Antibiotic Duration & BALANCE Trial: Beyond Journal Club with NEJM Group

Antibiotic duration for bacteremia is something most of us learned by habit, not by trial data. In this episode, we walk through the BALANCE trial and use it as a lens to revisit how 1) host, 2) organism, and 3) source should guide treatment. When shorter really is enough, and when it isn’t? 🔹 Sponsor: Oakstone CME Use the code "CORE30" for 30% off: 🔹 Transcript and Shownotes Timestamp (02:58) | Host, Organism, Source: The Core Framework Behind Duration (09:02) | How Evidence Shifted Practice (11:27) | The BALANCE Trial: Short-Course vs Standard-Course Therapy (18:55) | Where does this leave us? Tags: CoreIM, Internal Medicine, Infectious disease, Evidence-Based Medicine, Clinical Reasoning, Hospital Medicine, Medical Education Find the best disability insurance for you: Our Sponsors: * Check out FIGS: * Click for 15% off Premium Starter Kit at Branch Basics: Advertising Inquiries: Privacy & Opt-Out:

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#195 Antibiotic Duration & BALANCE Trial: Beyond Journal Club with NEJM Group is an episode from Core IM | Internal Medicine Podcast by Core IM Team.

This episode is 21:44 long.

This episode was published on Dec 10, 2025.

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