“Quite astounding. They did a remarkable job.” Two years before these remarks could be uttered the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and the Infectious Diseases Society of America issued antibiotic guidelines for treating children who developed pneumonia outside of a hospital. |
These guidelines called for the drug “ampicillin” to be used in these cases because it is a “narrow spectrum” antibiotic and concern was that the developing practice of using “broad spectrum” antibiotics was contributing to antibiotic resistance. According to the study, “doctors were rarely in line with the national guidelines.” MY TAKE: {flike} |