Twenty-four Month Outcomes of Extended- Versus Standard-course Antibiotic Therapy in Children Hospitalized With Pneumonia in High-risk Settings: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Hing C KokGabrielle B McCallumStephanie T YerkovichKeith GrimwoodSiew M FongAnna M NathanCatherine A ByrnesRobert S WareNachal NachiappanNoorazlina SaariPeter S MorrisTsin W YeoVictor M OguomaI Brent MastersJessie A de BruyneKah P EgBilawara LeeMong H OoiJohn W UphamPaul J TorzilloAnne B ChangPublished in: The Pediatric infectious disease journal (2024)
Among children from high-risk populations hospitalized with CAP, 13-14 days of antibiotics (versus 5-6 days), did not improve long-term respiratory outcomes.