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The 2 Minute Medicine Podcast Episode 3
Welcome to the 2 Minute Medicine® Podcast, summarizing the latest medical studies, curated and written by practicing physicians. On this ...
Tag: antibiotic
Nonoperative management of uncomplicated acute appendicitis comparable to appendectomy but leads to increased length of stay and disease recurrence
1. No significant differences in treatment success and rate of adverse events were detected in 8 randomized controlled trials of ...
Addition of azithromycin to standard treatment does not improve survival in childhood diarrhea
1. In this study, adding azithromycin to standard management of acute diarrhea in children lowered risk of hospitalization and reduced ...
7-day antibiotic therapy is noninferior to 14-day therapy in afebrile men with urinary tract infection
1. A double-blinded, randomized controlled trial found that there were no significant differences between afebrile men treated for 7 days ...
#VisualAbstract: Shorter antibiotic therapy for prosthetic joint infection caused worse outcomes
1. A six-week antibiotic therapy was not shown to be non-inferior to a 12-week antibiotic therapy for patients with confirmed ...
Shorter antibiotic therapy for prosthetic joint infection caused worse outcomes
1. A six-week antibiotic therapy was not shown to be non-inferior to a 12-week antibiotic therapy for patients with confirmed ...
#VisualAbstract: Tendon injuries associated with fluoroquinolone use in adolescents are extremely rare
1. In a large retrospective cohort study, adolescents prescribed fluoroquinolone antibiotics were at a slightly increased risk of experiencing tendinitis ...
Delayed antibiotic prescribing is a safe and effective for respiratory tract infections in a community setting
1. There was no difference in follow-up symptom severity between patients who received immediate or delayed antibiotics for respiratory tract ...
3 days of β-lactam therapy is non-inferior to 8 days of therapy among patients with community-acquired pneumonia
1. Cure at 15 days occurred in 77% of patients in the placebo (3-day therapy) group compared to 68% of ...
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