To the Editor: The overall conclusion of the review by Dr Coker and colleagues1 that
“Clinicians need to weigh these risks... and benefits before prescribing immediate antibiotics …

To the Editor.—The meta-analysis by Ms Kozyrskyj and colleagues1 provides clear and
compelling evidence that the standard practice in the United States of 10 days of antibiotic therapyinthetreatmentofchildhoodacuteotitis …

To the Editor.—The articles by Dr Paradise1 and Drs Culpepper and Froom2 were thought-
provoking but both miss an important point well known to those of us “in the trenches” seeing …

To the Editor In the From the JAMA Network commentary1 on a trial of antibiotics for children
with acute otitis media in Finland, 2 Dr Pichichero suggested that the pendulum should …

To the Editor.—The meta-analysis by Ms Kozyrskyj and colleagues1 provides clear and
compelling evidence that the standard practice in the United States of 10 days of antibiotic therapyinthetreatmentofchildhoodacuteotitis …

To the Editor.—The meta-analysis by Ms Kozyrskyj and colleagues1 provides clear and
compelling evidence that the standard practice in the United States of 10 days of antibiotic therapyinthetreatmentofchildhoodacuteotitis …

Too often, acute otitis media (AOM) is overdiagnosed, and too often, unnecessarily long
antibiotic therapies are prescribed. Faced with the challenge of increasing resistance among …

To the Editor: Hoberman et al.(Jan. 13 issue) 1 report that antibiotics reduced “the time to
resolution of symptoms and reduced the overall symptom burden” in children with acute …

To the Editor: Dr Spiro and colleagues1 reported the results of a trial of “wait-and-see
prescription”(WASP) for treatment of acute otitis media. In an accompanying editorial, Dr …

To the Editor.—On reading a recent Commentary by Mandel et al, 1 I was struck by the
absence of any reference to the only published meta-analysis 2 addressing the efficacy of …