Community-acquired Pneumonia

  • Vanderbilt University

    Study tests shorter antibiotic course in children

    Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) are leading a multicenter clinical trial to evaluate whether a shorter course of antibiotics — five days instead of 10 — is effective at treating community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in children who show improvement after the first few days of taking antibiotics. Read More

    Dec 1, 2016