For pediatric patients with uncomplicated appendicitis, what is the best choice of antibiotic therapy for preventing surgical-site infection and lowering the frequency of hospital revisits? Overall, ...

Support for Narrow-Spectrum Antibiotics in Pediatric Pneumonia Narrow-spectrum antibiotics, which are recommended as first-line therapy for children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP ...

Narrow-spectrum antibiotics are preferable to broad-spectrum antibiotics for treating most children with acute respiratory tract infections, according to a pair of studies published in JAMA. The ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Pediatric practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of initial UTI in febrile infants and young ...

Narrow-spectrum antibiotics such as amoxicillin are recommended as first-line treatment for otitis media, sinusitis, and pharyngitis, but a new survey of prescriptions shows that clinicians prescribe ...

HealthDay News — For children with acute respiratory tract infections, broad-spectrum antibiotics are not associated with better clinical or patient-centered outcomes compared with narrow-spectrum ...

Antibiotic overuse must be avoided Similar outcomes for pediatric community-acquired pneumonia as broad-spectrum antibiotics. HealthDay News — Narrow-spectrum antibiotics, which are recommended as ...