Other strategies include shorter courses of antibiotic treatment and use of antibiotics that act against a narrower range of species. (sciencedaily.com)
Hospital - acquired pneumonia (HAP) and ventilator - associated pneumonia (VAP)-- which account for 20 to 25 percent of hospital - acquired infections — should be treated with shorter courses of antibiotics than they typically are, according to new guidelines released by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and American Thoracic Society (ATS) and published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases. (sciencedaily.com)
Some drugs were relatively harmless, such as acetaminophen or multivitamins, but many other patients were given short courses of antibiotics without a proper diagnosis or complete instructions to the patient. (discovermagazine.com)