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  2. Cases of walking pneumonia are surging in kids this ... - AOL

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    Children who have coughs that go on for weeks may have a type of walking pneumonia that’s been surging in the US this year, and they may need a different antibiotic regimen to treat it ...

  3. Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid - Wikipedia

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    Amoxicillin is an antibiotic while clavulanic acid is a non-antibiotic β-lactamase inhibitor which prevents metabolism of amoxicillin by certain bacteria. In addition to its β-lactamase inhibition, clavulanic acid shows central nervous system actions and effects and has been studied in the potential treatment of various psychiatric and ...

  4. Amoxicillin - Wikipedia

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    Amoxicillin was discovered in 1958 and came into medical use in 1972. [12] [13] Amoxil was approved for medical use in the United States in 1974, [4] [5] and in the United Kingdom in 1977. [2] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. [14] It is one of the most commonly prescribed antibiotics in children. [15]

  5. Lower respiratory tract infection - Wikipedia

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    [13] [15] Pneumonia is also the leading cause of death in children less than five years of age in low income countries. [15] The most common cause of pneumonia is pneumococcal bacteria, Streptococcus pneumoniae accounts for 2/3 of bacteremic pneumonias. [16] Invasive pneumococcal pneumonia has a mortality rate of around 20%. [14]

  6. Pneumonia - Wikipedia

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    Antibiotics by mouth and by injection appear to be similarly effective in children with severe pneumonia. [ 126 ] The duration of treatment has traditionally been seven to ten days, but increasing evidence suggests that shorter courses (3–5 days) may be effective for certain types of pneumonia and may reduce the risk of antibiotic resistance.

  7. Some hospitals seeing increase in RSV, 'walking pneumonia ...

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    Additionally, University of North Carolina hospitals reported 40 walking pneumonia cases in the last week of October compared to no cases the same time last year. Some hospitals seeing increase in ...

  8. Bacterial pneumonia - Wikipedia

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    Atypical bacteria causing pneumonia are Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydophila pneumoniae (), Mycoplasma pneumoniae (), and Legionella pneumophila.. The term "atypical" does not relate to how commonly these organisms cause pneumonia, how well it responds to common antibiotics or how typical the symptoms are; it refers instead to the fact that these organisms have atypical or absent cell wall ...

  9. Here’s Why the Common Antibiotic Amoxicillin Is Hard ... - AOL

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    Amoxicillin is an antibiotic that’s used to treat bacterial infections like pneumonia, bronchitis, and infections of the ears, nose, throat, urinary tract, and skin, according to Medline Plus ...