community acquired pneumonia

3 min read 2022-04-09 01:22:22

Recurrent Pneumonia In Pediatrics

We all know that healthy children love to collect illnesses like baseball cards (for you younger providers… people used to collect baseball cards

8 min read 2021-12-06 20:00:46

Background/Introduction: The commonly cited duration of antibiotic therapy (7-14 days) for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) has historically been

6 min read 2021-11-02 23:00:05

Bielicki JA, Stöhr W, Barratt S, et al. Effect of Amoxicillin Dose and Treatment Duration on the Need for Antibiotic Re-treatment in Children With

8 min read 2021-05-03 19:00:31

Background: In 2019 the World Health Organization listed “Antimicrobial Resistance” as a top 10 threat to global health. This was echoed in a

3 min read 2021-02-26 19:00:00

We all know that I am not a “fan” of rashes and this is why I have a general “approach to pediatric rashes.” Part of this approach is

6 min read 2020-10-02 05:59:30

Tolle Totum Nazanin Vassighi, ND Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest public health challenges of our time, due to the rising prevalence

12 min read 2020-03-13 23:47:59

Originally published at EM Cases – Visit to listen to accompanying podcast. Reposted with permission. Follow Dr. Anton Helman on

5 min read 2019-12-02 20:00:00

Background: Recently there have been some observed trends in decreasing susceptibility among Strep pneumoniae isolates to antimicrobials used to

3 min read 2019-10-18 19:30:06

Originally published at R.E.B.E.L. EM on July 6, 2018. Reposted with permission. Follow Salim R. Rezaie at @srrezaie Background: Community

3 min read 2019-06-19 23:00:28

Node Smith, ND Outpatient healthcare providers inappropriately prescribed antibiotics to 40 percent of patients in a major Veterans Affairs

2 min read 2019-06-07 18:15:12

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