shorter course of antibiotics for uncomplicated ear infections
July 1998
Many experts now recommend using a shorter course ofantibiotics for uncomplicated ear infections.
A recent analysis in JAMA shows that a 5-day course of oralantibiotics usually works as well as the traditional 10-day therapy.
Children usually feel better in 3 to 5 days...and the odds of arelapse with the shorter therapy are about the same.
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