Treatment with azithromycin is associated with lower mortality rates than treatment with doxycycline in patients hospitalized ...

The latest Global Antimicrobial Resistance and Use Surveillance System report highlights disparities in access to and use of ...

Researchers from King's College London have called for urgent changes to the way new antibiotics are developed to address the ...

In particular, Acinetobacter baumannii, also known as CRAB, is one of clinical medicine’s most antibiotic resistant pathogens, killing hundreds in the U.S. every year with estimated mortality rates ...

Babies and children between three months and 11 years of age with pneumonia should be offered a three-day course of antibiotics rather than five days, NICE has recommended. In draft guidance out for ...

Multiple evidence-based practice guidelines support the concept that hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) should be treated with an empiric antibiotic regimen that treats ...

More than two-thirds of patients with negative chest X-ray results prescribed antibiotics. (HealthDay News) — Many general practitioners prescribe antibiotics for suspected community-acquired ...

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 4, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Many general practitioners prescribe antibiotics for suspected community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) even when chest radiograph (CR) results are negative ...

Higher clinical severity was seen in patients with positive vs negative CR, with longer-lasting symptoms. (HealthDay News) — Many general practitioners prescribe antibiotics for suspected ...

SINGAPORE: Some patients stricken with pneumonia may soon be prescribed antibiotics with the help of artificial intelligence. The information these patients provide on their symptoms will be fed ...

Walking pneumonia infections rose nationwide as kids returned to school this fall. The infection can be tricky to diagnose, and testing is expensive. Doctors may choose different antibiotics to ...