Antibiotics of Little Benefit in LRTI

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Antibiotics had no measurable effect on the severity or duration of coughs due to acute lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI, or acute bronchitis), a large prospective study found. In fact, those receiving an antibiotic in the primary- and urgent-care setting had a small but significant increase in overall length of illness (17.5 vs 15.9 days; […]

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Publish date : 2024-04-17 07:37:21

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