Tag: <span>acute kidney infections</span>

Home / acute kidney infections
Study suggests reducing use of broad-spectrum antibiotics for acute kidney infections
Post

Study suggests reducing use of broad-spectrum antibiotics for acute kidney infections

by Ochsner Health System  Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new study led by Ochsner infectious diseases clinical pharmacist Kevin Lin, PharmD, was recently published in PLoS One, suggesting that oral cephalosporins are as safe and effective as the standard of care fluoroquinolones (FQs) for the treatment of acute kidney infections. Cephalosporins belong to a family of...