Treating children who have uncomplicated acute appendicitis only with antibiotics is both cost-effective and safe compared to ...

The NHS has issued a warning to any parent whose child has been prescribed antibiotics. The public health body took to its ...

When your child gets sick, it's a worry for all parents, but the NHS has this latest advice when it comes to prescribing ...

Using antibiotics alone to treat children with uncomplicated appendicitis is a cost-saving alternative to surgery, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons ...

A new study by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) shows that many antibiotics given to children in Tennessee are not being prescribed correctly. In 2022, only 31.4% of the more ...

Use of antibiotics for acute sinusitis in children reduces treatment failures, a meta-analysis showed, but the results may also support initial observation given the natural history of the ...

Opens in a new tab or window For children with a history of recurrent urinary tract infection (RUTI), the antibiotic nitrofurantoin and cranberry products appeared to decrease the incidence of ...

Amoxicillin — the go-to antibiotic for kids with other types of pneumonia — doesn't work against mycoplasma pneumonia, so a macrolide antibiotic like Azithromycin is needed. Sharma says kids ...

Awareness of the Mycoplasma trend is important, the CDC says, since first-line antibiotics for kids such as amoxicillin and penicillin don’t kill this type of bacteria. The infection is usually ...