Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study found a 45% reduction in C. diff infections among high-risk patients when the antibiotic doxycycline was used instead ...

Antibiotic therapy with extended anaerobic coverage (EAC) was not associated with a survival benefit in patients with community-acquired aspiration pneumonia, according to results from a retrospective ...

Less is also better—that is what researchers have found while conducting a tri-nation clinical trial to see if shorter courses of antibiotics are as effective as longer prescriptions of the drug to ...

Inappropriate use of broad-spectrum antibiotics to treat children with pneumonia remains common, despite guidelines recommending more targeted treatment, two studies published online March 7 in ...

The authors sought to assess the effectiveness of short vs prolonged-course antibiotic administration for hospital-acquired pneumonia in critically ill adults (most of whom had VAP) by conducting a ...

A study in The Annals of Family Medicine explored how chest X-ray results influence antibiotic initiation by general practitioners in France when managing patients with suspected pneumonia. The paper ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . More than 20% of children diagnosed with pneumonia did not receive antibiotics. Treatment failure was slightly ...

In our current health care environment, hospitals and health care providers are challenged to provide a high standard of care in a more efficient way. Multiple evidence-based practice guidelines ...

Background and Goal: This study explored how chest X-ray results influence antibiotic initiation by general practitioners in France when managing patients with suspected pneumonia. Study Approach: A ...

In some good news for families of children recovering from complex pneumonia, doctors recommend in a study published by Pediatrics it's better to send kids home from the hospital with oral instead of ...

A new study on Clostridioides difficile infections finds that choosing an alternative antibiotic for high-risk patients with pneumonia can reduce infection risk. C. diff infections can be deadly, and ...