A new study found a 45% reduction in C. diff infections among high-risk patients when the antibiotic doxycycline was used instead of azithromycin. Photo by cottonbro studio/Pexels A new study on ...

Clinicians should treat ventilator‑associated pneumonia (VAP) until the infection is controlled and the patient is clearly ...

A 43-hospital study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine found that nearly 68 percent of pneumonia patients received excess antibiotic therapy and those extra treatments failed to lower ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Following algorithm-driven prompts led to a 28% reduction in empiric extended-spectrum days of therapy among ...

As many as 1 in 8 patients treated for pneumonia in hospitals are misdiagnosed, leading to poor medical outcomes and contributing to the growing problem of antibiotic resistance, new research suggests ...

New research out of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., suggests hospitals treating children with community-acquired pneumonia are doing a better job of using antibiotics that are less commonly ...

Individuals in the short-course antibiotic cohort had 5.2 fewer antibiotic treatment days during hospitalization and fewer antibiotic side-effects. An individualized short-duration antibiotic course ...

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 ...

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Prescribing fewer antibiotics may slightly higher cases of pneumonia and peritonsillar abscess. General practices that prescribe fewer antibiotics may encounter slightly higher incidences of pneumonia ...

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 ...

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 ...