NICE finalises guidance on shorter antibiotic course in children with pneumonia

Children with uncomplicated pneumonia should be treated with shorter courses of antibiotics after updated NICE guidance was finalised. Babies and children between three months and 11 years of age with non-severe community-acquired pneumonia should be offered a three-day course of antibiotics rather than the standard five days, NICE has now recommended. The shorter course is The post NICE finalises guidance on shorter antibiotic course in children with pneumonia appeared first on Pulse Today.