A study shows that using antibiotics alone to treat children with appendicitis is a cost-effective and safe alternative to ...

Researchers in Nova Scotia led by Dalhousie University's Christopher McMaster have developed new treatments for superbugs — ...

The management of bone and joint infections has long relied on intravenous (IV) antibiotics. Still, emerging evidence ...

Using antibiotics alone to treat children with uncomplicated appendicitis is a cost-saving alternative to surgery, according ...

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The clinical concept behind switch, step down and sequential therapy is, however, identical: switching from intravenous to oral antibiotics with similar or identical bacterial coverage.

Our study, involving 61 immunocompentent patients with primary vertebral osteomyelitis, illustrates that switching to an oral antibiotic regimen after 2 weeks of intravenous therapy may be safe ...

Appendectomy is also one of the costliest surgical procedures performed during hospital stays; however, treating appendicitis with intravenous antibiotics alone, known as nonoperative management ...