Penicillin equally effective as 'big gun' antibiotics for treating childhood pneumonia
Tuesday, December 10, 2013 - 08:00
in Health & Medicine
Children hospitalized for pneumonia have similar outcomes, including length of stay and costs, regardless of whether they are treated with "big gun" antibiotics such as ceftriaxone or cefotaxime or more narrowly focused antibiotics such as ampicillin or penicillin, according to a study.