Background/aims The WHO recommends 3–5 years of annual mass azithromycin distribution with at least 80% treatment coverage to districts with active trachoma prevalence over 10% among children. Here, ...

Higher cumulative exposure to systemic antibiotic therapy, particularly treatments with greater spectrum of microbial coverage, may be associated with a greater risk of new-onset IBD and its subtypes.

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Among ventilated ICU patients with suspected infection, the length of antibiotic use went down after respiratory viral panel testing was adopted, according to results published in Annals of the ...

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Antibiotic therapy with extended anaerobic coverage is not associated with additional in-hospital mortality benefit among patients with community acquired pneumonia (CAP), although it is associated ...

Source Reference: Bai AD, et al "Anaerobic antibiotic coverage in aspiration pneumonia and the associated benefits and harms: a retrospective cohort study" CHEST 2024; DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2024.02 ...