Antibiotics for pneumonia include Zithromax (azithromycin), clarithromycin, and Erythrocin (erythromycin). Azithromycin is often the first-line treatment since it is effective against many different ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is associated with an estimated 1 million hospitalizations per year in the ...

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 ...

When treating patients with hospital-acquired or ventilator-acquired pneumonia, providers should consider keeping the maximum course of antibiotic treatment to seven days, according to new guidelines ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Taking antibiotics during an influenza infection can increases the risk of developing a dangerous bacterial pneumonia, according to recent research. Antibiotics are often ...

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 ...

Doctors often prescribe an antibiotic for children with pneumonia, but a new study suggests the drugs are not always needed. By Nicholas Bakalar When young children have pneumonia, giving them an ...

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 ...

Antibiotics used to treat pneumonia patients in an outpatient setting fail about one-fifth of the time, according to a study published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases. Researchers analyzed the ...