Tag: Antibiotics

Annual percent decrease for all outpatient antibiotic use averaged 3.9 percent; largest decrease seen in ciprofloxacin use at 12.6 percent

Monthly antibiotic prescriptions for respiratory tract infections decreased 79 percent during pandemic period

Exposure in utero and during first year of life linked to increased risk for atopic dermatitis; attenuated in sibling-control analysis

Best practices recommend limiting antibiotics to five days for COPD exacerbations, acute uncomplicated bronchitis

Clinicians should consider alternatives to macrolide monotherapy as empiric therapy for suspected community-acquired bacterial pneumonia

Short-course antibiotic therapy comparable to standard care for community-acquired pneumonia

Many women receive prescriptions for inappropriate agents or durations; rural women more likely to receive Rx with inappropriately long duration

Authors say further education is needed on appropriate uses of antibiotics

As effective as metronidazole with fluoroquinolone, with reduced risk for one-year Clostridioides difficile infection

Second study shows no association for use of macrolides during pregnancy with increase in major birth defects