Giving fewer antibiotic injections to young infants in the developing world with severe infections such as pneumonia and sepsis is just as safe and effective as the standard course of twice daily ...

When Stephen Miller left his primary care practice to work in public health a little under two years ago, he said, he was shocked by how many cases of syphilis the clinic was treating. For decades, ...

The real-world study adds to previous randomized controlled trial findings suggesting that shorter courses of antibiotic therapy can be sufficient for hospitalized patients with mild or moderate ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Preoperative antibiotic therapy may decrease operative culture yield in patients with native joint septic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Of 363 patients without early failure, 16.5% had 6 weeks or fewer and 83.5% had more than 6 weeks of antibiotics ...

A study has examined whether an additional blood test called procalcitonin (PCT) could safely shorten the time children spend on intravenous (IV) antibiotics in hospitals. Despite promising previous ...

In a recent study published in The Lancet’s eClinical Medicine, researchers performed a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to evaluate the safety of short-course antibiotic treatment ...