According to the CDC, respiratory infections caused by the bacteria Mycoplasma pneumoniae have increased in the U.S. over the ...

But bronchitis doesn’t normally turn into pneumonia. Do you need antibiotics for bronchitis? Acute bronchitis is most often caused by a viral infection, which antibiotics can't treat.

Intermountain Health’s multiyear project aims to equitably increase the use of narrow-spectrum antibiotics for the treatment of major ... pharyngitis, acute sinusitis and community-acquired ...

Bronchitis may be contagious depending on what's causing it. It can be contagious for several days to a week or more when the cause is bacterial or viral. Infected saliva, respiratory droplets from a ...

Study reveals that over 93% of primary care patients expect antibiotics for common symptoms ... during childhood is directly associated with bronchitis symptoms as an adult.

Rana Hamdy, MD, discussed her session at the 2024 AAP meeting, highlighting treatment duration with antibiotics for community-acquired pneumonia as well as the importance of understanding amoxicillin ...

aLeeds Institute of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Leeds, UK bLeeds Institute for Data Analytics, School of Medicine, University of Leeds, UK cLeeds Institute of Biomedical and ...

The patient with the co-infection had no previous negative test result for SARS-CoV-2 that would ascertain the duration of the infection; nevertheless, the viral sequences indicated an acute infection ...

While acute bronchitis can go away on its own, asthmatic bronchitis may require treatment. Options include: Over-the-counter cough suppressants ... any over-the-counter medications or if symptoms last ...