Clinical outcomes among adult inpatients were no worse when broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy was delayed vs started early, challenging the belief that overly broad-spectrum empiric antibiotic therapy ...

An international research team found some beneficial bacteria in people’s guts may not return after broad-spectrum antibiotic exposure, according to a study published in Nature Microbiology. 1.

HealthDay News — For children with acute respiratory tract infections, broad-spectrum antibiotics are not associated with better clinical or patient-centered outcomes compared with narrow-spectrum ...

Similar outcomes in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) suggest that antibiotics selected by Gram staining were noninferior to those based on guidelines and also significantly ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Pediatric practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of initial UTI in febrile infants and young ...

Broad-spectrum antibiotics are overused as a first-line defense in pneumonia care, a new study finds. In fact, older pneumonia patients treated with these drugs fare no better than patients who ...

Over-use of broad-spectrum antibiotics can result in poor outcomes and a higher risk of death for people with pneumonia, researchers have found. While drug-resistant pathogens were found in only 3% of ...

Antibiotic use among commercially insured Americans fell by nearly 10 percent from 2010 through 2016, according to a report released Thursday by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. To assess ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Narrow antibiotics are as effective as broad ones for treating acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs) in children and come with fewer adverse effects, according to a large ...