Antibiotics: Longer treatment times that benefit children may cost society
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 - 03:21
in Health & Medicine
The likelihood that the treatment of a middle ear infection will fail is slightly higher for a child who is given a shorter course of antibiotics, according to a new Cochrane Systematic Review. The results are conclusive, but the researchers say there are other factors that must be considered when the drugs are prescribed.