Changing the way antibiotics are given to adult patients with sepsis will save thousands of lives a year globally, according to research. A clinical trial and systematic review have shown that intravenously administering commonly used penicillin-like antibiotics via continuous infusion—instead of multiple short infusions—cures infections and saves lives. The clinical trial of more than 7,000 patients tested findings from laboratory studies to deliver the best drug concentration for the bacteria causing the infection. "We found by delivering these antibiotic doses as a continuous infusion we can maintain the concentration of the antibiotic in a patient's blood and tissue, and kill...