In the study, carried out by researchers at the Universities of Bristol, Nottingham, Oxford and Southampton, 398 non-asthmatic adults with acute chest infections but no evidence of pneumonia and ...

Doctors need to give antibiotics to more than 12,000 people with acute respiratory infections to prevent just one of them from being hospitalized with pneumonia, according to a new study.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Doctors need to give antibiotics to more than 12,000 people with acute respiratory infections to prevent just one of them from being hospitalized with pneumonia ...

Harris AM, Hicks LA, Qasseem A. Appropriate antibiotic use for acute respiratory tract infection in adults: Advice for high-value care from the American College of Physicians and the Centers for ...

The investigators conclude that "similar to adults, antibiotics are unlikely to make a clinically important difference to the symptom burden for uncomplicated lower respiratory tract infections in ...

The largest randomized placebo-controlled trial of the antibiotic amoxicillin for treating chest infections in children - one of the most common acute illnesses treated in primary care in ...

Amoxicillin is an antibiotic commonly used in children to treat chest and ear infections. But it is also used in adults to treat a range of bacterial infections including chest infections, dental ...

While research so far in adults has shown that antibiotics are not effective for uncomplicated chest infections until now, there has not been the same level of research in children. Researchers sought ...

Antibiotics that doctors typically prescribe for ... The study included 166 adults whose symptoms fit the criteria for acute sinus ... such as a simultaneous ear or chest infection, ...

The largest randomised placebo-controlled trial of the antibiotic amoxicillin for treating chest infections in children, one of the most common acute illnesses treated in primary care in developed ...