Assertion: antibiotic | /r/HasProperty | started
Facets:
value: early
type: TEMPORAL
value: empirically
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Short-term antibiotics are ineffective, but if antibiotics are started before the joint is destroyed, many months and years of antibiotics are effective in reducing and preventing joint damage.
text: If antibiotics are started empirically, then every effort should be made to obtain cultures (before administering first dose of antibiotic), and the choice of antibiotic used should be reviewed when the culture results are available.
text: However, it’s important that antibiotics be started early.