Antibiotic overuse is a key driver in the rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a major global health crisis. Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS (NUS Medicine) and Duke-NUS ...

The authors sought to assess the effectiveness of short vs prolonged-course antibiotic administration for hospital-acquired pneumonia in critically ill adults (most of whom had VAP) by conducting a ...

There were no significant differences in outcomes between short- and long-course antibiotics for uncomplicated infections in ambulatory patients with solid tumors, supporting the safety and ...

If it’s not medically necessary, you may want to consider the risk of antimicrobial resistance. Credit...Eric Helgas for The New York Times Supported by By Anna Gibbs Q: I was prescribed a yearlong ...