Antibiotic Resistance

The push to responsibly use antibiotics has led to shorter treatment courses when the efficacy is similar to a longer one. A study examines whether shorter courses could be effective in treating community-acquired pneumonia.

It is more important than ever for health care professionals to remember that overprescribing these drugs can have life-threatening consequences.

A presentation at the virtual 2020 American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition offered a case-based format to highlight several important clinical pearls relating to optimizing antimicrobial use in the outpatient and inpatient pediatrics settings.

Controlling exposure to antibiotics is important for stewardship programs, and is even more important in neonatal intensive care unit. A report on a quality improvement program offers some good news.

Reducing antibiotic resistance has been a high priority for quality improvement programs. How well did one program do in reducing vancomycin use?

Using antibiotics for extended periods in preterm infants can have long-term damaging effects to their gut microbiota, according to a recent study.