Feb
07

Antibiotics for acute otitis media in young children

Tähtinen PA, et al. A placebo-controlled trial of antimicrobial treatment for acute otitis media. N Engl J Med 2011; 364: 116-26
Children aged 6-35 months with acute otitis media may benefit from amoxicillin-clavulanate but at the cost of adverse events.

Jan
07

Travel to Indian subcontinent and resistant E. coli UTIs

Freeman JT, et al. Community-onset genitourinary tract infection due to CTX-M-15-producing E. coli among travelers to the Indian subcontinent in NZ. CID 2008; 47:689–92
Travel to the Indian subcontinent is associated with multi-resistant E. coli causing UTIs in the community.