Researchers assessed whether point-of-care multiplex polymerase chain reaction testing for respiratory pathogens decreases the rate of untargeted antibiotic therapy in children.
Researchers evaluated the antimicrobial activity of metal nanoparticles against several multidrug-resistant pathogens.
Researchers assessed whether antibiotic treatment differed on the basis of pneumococcal urinary antigen test results among patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia.
Researched compared the efficacy of erythromycin with clarithromycin for the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia.
From 2016 to 2019, there was a decline in the percentage of patients receiving concurrent opioid and benzodiazepine prescriptions.
Inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions are common among children with common infections treated in an outpatient setting.
Antibiotic prescriptions for children aged 6 to 24 months are associated with reduced vaccine-induced immunity.
A meta-analysis revealed inferior responses, progression-free survival, and overall survival in patients exposed to antibiotics.
Researchers sought to determine whether there is a correlation between antimicrobial-resistant pathogens and influenza infection rates that occur during influenza season in ambulatory and inpatient settings.
For children with acute uncomplicated lower respiratory tract infection not suspected of being pneumonia, amoxicillin is unlikely to be clinically effective.
