SGEM#338: Are Children with CAP Safe and Sound if Treated for 5d Rather than 10d of Antibiotics?

Trials extracted from the podcast by Dr. Ken Milne

• 2021SAFERInfection & AntimicrobialsIn 281 outpatient children with community-acquired pneumonia, 5 days of amoxicillin did not show non-inferior clinical cure compared with 10 days
• 2014Short-course antibiotic treatment for community-acquired alveolar pneumonia in ambulatory childrenInfection & AntimicrobialsIn 115 ambulatory children aged 6-59 months with community-acquired alveolar pneumonia, 5 days of amoxicillin was non-inferior to 10 days for treatment failure
• 2019FARTOtherIn6 adult health-care professionals,swallowing a Lego figurine headgave amean stool retrieval time of 1.71 daysversus theirown pre-ingestion bowel habit.