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For Children with Respiratory Infections, Antibiotics with Narrower Targets Are Better 31 Jan 2018

For Children with Respiratory Infections, Antibiotics with Narrower Targets Are Better

When doctors prescribe antibiotics for children with common respiratory infections, a more selective approach is better. Researchers who studied pediatric treatment practices in 30,000 patients with earaches, strep throat and other common infections found that narrow-spectrum antibiotics, which act against a smaller range of bacteria, had fewer adverse effects than broad-spectrum antibiotics, which target a […]