Tag: Antibiotics

Lower respiratory infections accounted for >1.5 million deaths associated with resistance, making it the most burdensome syndrome

Risk for early-onset sepsis low among infants of all gestational ages born with low-risk delivery characteristics

No evidence of temporal association seen between invasive dental procedure and late prosthetic joint infection

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