This evidence-based clinical practice guideline is a revision of the 2004 acute otitis media
(AOM) guideline from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and American Academy of …

Background The development of resistance to antibiotics by many important human
pathogens has been linked to exposure to antibiotics over time. The misuse of antibiotics for …

ContextAnnual rates of antimicrobial prescribing for children by office-based physicians
increased from 1980 through 1992. The development of antimicrobial resistance, which …

Objective: This study was undertaken to determine whether a change in the frequency or
distribution of the causative pathogens in persistent acute otitis media (AOM) and AOM …

Objective. To provide consensus recommendations for the management of acute otitis
media (AOM) and the surveillance of drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae (DRSP) …

To assess whether certain serogroups of Streptococcus pneumoniae are preferentially
associated with specific disease manifestations, we analyzed all recent pneumococcal …

Antibiotic-resistant strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae are becoming more prevalent
throughout the world; this has resulted in modifications of treatment approaches …

As part of ongoing national surveillance, serotyping and antimicrobial susceptibility testing
were done on all pneumococcal isolates recovered from normally sterile body sites of …

This article introduces a set of principles to define judicious antimicrobial use for five
conditions that account for the majority of outpatient antimicrobial use in the United States …

Otitis media is the leading indication for outpatient antimicrobial use in the United States.
Overdiagnosis of and unnecessary prescribing for this condition has contributed to the …