Results of a gold-standard study published November 2 in JAMA hold promise for reducing the length of antibiotic courses for pediatric patients with pneumonia. In CAP-IT, 814 children who were ...

Amoxicillin can be used in children for certain bacterial infections, such as ear infections or lower respiratory tract infections. Most kids taking amoxicillin will take the medication 2 or 3 times ...

For adults with uncomplicated acute sinusitis, standard-dose amoxicillin and amoxicillin-clavulanate antibiotic regimens appeared equally effective with no difference in risk of treatment failure in ...

For the second winter in a row, the Food and Drug Administration is expecting a national shortage of amoxicillin, a penicillin antibiotic used to treat a variety of bacterial infections, especially in ...