Tag: Antibiotics

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

Antibiotic exposure in second to third trimester, but not in first trimester, linked to increased odds of asthma at age 11

Small randomized trial shows similar infection rates, more diarrhea with antibiotic versus placebo after endoscopic sinus surgery

Seven days of oral antibiotics noninferior to two days of intravenous followed by oral antibiotics

Single 500-mg intramuscular dose of ceftriaxone recommended for uncomplicated urogenital, anorectal, pharyngeal gonorrhea

Risk for surgical site infection not increased for surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis after cord clamping versus before incision