Suggest Shorter Antibiotic Durations for Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Kids
March 2022
You'll see a shift toward SHORTER courses of antibiotics in children with community-acquired pneumonia.
Pneumonia is mostly viral in younger kids.
But when a bacterial infection is suspected, 10 days of an antibiotic is often given...based on durations used in older studies.
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