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.

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 ...

Taxing certain antibiotics could help efforts to tackle the escalating threat of antibiotic resistance in humans, according to a new study. Taxing certain antibiotics could help efforts to tackle the ...

Broad-spectrum antibiotics are used more generally when the organism is unknown, exacerbating AMR. The UK government report, published in 2016, recommended testing for pathogens before prescribing and ...

Despite guidelines stating otherwise, clinicians continue to prescribe inappropriate antibiotics to hospitalized patients with skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs), raising costs and increasing the ...

Doxycycline, a broad-spectrum antibiotic commonly used to treat infections and acne, may help reduce the risk for schizophrenia in high-risk adolescents, new research suggests. A Finnish registry ...