Tag: Antibiotics

Beliefs about likely success of antibiotic therapy linked to lower risk for appendectomy, resolution of signs and symptoms by 30 days

Findings based on randomized trial and meta-analysis combining data with three previous trials in children with acute infective conjunctivitis

Multiple-dose regimen not superior to single-dose regimen among women undergoing implant-based breast reconstruction

Outpatients miss fewer workdays, have similar frequency of return health care visits, high satisfaction

Increases in resistant infections from 2019 to 2020 seen for carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter, antifungal-resistant Candida auris

Better control, fewer exacerbations seen with addition of oral azithromycin to standard therapy in children with poorly controlled asthma

Findings regardless of antibiotic class and with a dose-response relationship

Relative reductions of 33 percent in rate of blood cultures, 13 percent in rate of broad-spectrum antibiotic use seen postimplementation

Possible negative association of history of antibiotic prescriptions with vaccine-induced immunity seen in young children

Azithromycin therapy during RSV bronchiolitis does not reduce the risk for post-RSV recurrent wheeze over two to four years