Should children with acute otitis media routinely be treated with antibiotics? No: most children older than two years do not require antibiotics

Am Fam Physician. 2013 Oct 1;88(7):Online.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Age Factors
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Humans
  • Inappropriate Prescribing / prevention & control*
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Otitis Media / diagnosis
  • Otitis Media / drug therapy*
  • Otitis Media / therapy
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Watchful Waiting*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents