A study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, compared broad-spectrum and narrow-spectrum antibiotics in the treatment of children with common respiratory infections.

Adolescents treated with doxycycline were up to one third less likely to develop schizophrenia as adults, a Finnish study ...

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 ...

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 ...

Individual risk assessment with automated EHR alerts are an effective and safe strategy to limit use of extended-spectrum antibiotics in patients hospitalized with UTI. An antibiotic stewardship ...

Antibiotic resistance is an important issue and a priority for UK health policy. It's possibly the next ticking time bomb in the healthcare system. In our analysis, the financial burden of the tax is ...

A commonly prescribed antibiotic could help reduce the risk of some young people developing schizophrenia, researchers have found.An international team involving scientists at the University of ...

Among adults treated for community-acquired pneumonia in the outpatient setting, broad-spectrum antibiotics vs macrolide monotherapy were associated with an increased risk for adverse drug events.

For pediatric patients with uncomplicated appendicitis, what is the best choice of antibiotic therapy for preventing surgical-site infection and lowering the frequency of hospital revisits? Overall, ...

Abdominal infections are commonly treated with unnecessary extended-spectrum antibiotics. A computer prompt helped more than 90 hospitals improve their prescribing for these infections. LOS ANGELES — ...