Tag: Antibiotics

Presence of an appendicolith increases risk for undergoing appendectomy after starting antibiotic therapy for acute appendicitis

Fosfomycin not noninferior to ceftriaxone or meropenem for bacteremic urinary tract infection due to multidrug-resistant E. coli in adults

Decrease in antibiotic prescriptions in pediatric primary care driven by reduced volume of visits for respiratory tract infections

Compared with White inpatients, Black inpatients less likely to receive cefazolin, more likely to receive clindamycin for SSTIs

Relative risks for mortality significantly reduced for any SSRI, fluoxetine, and fluoxetine or fluvoxamine

At one and two years, 40 and 46 percent of patients initially receiving antibiotics underwent subsequent appendectomy

36 percent reduction seen in antibiotic dispensing after COVID-19 restrictions; large reduction found in antibiotics for RTIs

Between six and 28 percent of preprocedural urinalyses that were not indicated were followed by an antibiotic prescription

Seven days of antibiotics noninferior to 14-day course for resolution of symptoms among afebrile men with urinary tract infection

Proton pump inhibitors, beta-blockers, antimetabolites linked to infection with antibiotic-resistant bacteria