Key study: Shortened Antimicrobial Treatment for Acute Otitis Media in Young Children
Key study: Shortened Antimicrobial Treatment for Acute Otitis Media in Young Children
Visit VisitObjective: Given methodologic limitations in available publications, we undertook the current trial involving children 6 to 23 months of age to determine whether limiting antimicrobial treatment to 5 days rather than using the standard 10-day regimen would afford equivalent outcomes and whether doing so also for subsequent episodes would lead to a reduction in the overall use of antimicrobial treatment, with a resulting reduction in the development of antimicrobial resistance.
