[Wonder Warthog]

"Who provides your medical malpractice coverage? Where are your references for treating community acquired pneumonia besides the British Medical Journal article and the references it provides?"

And your point is??? Just because there is ONE article in the "British Medical Journal", I'm supposed to buy what it says automatically?? Especially when it goes counter to the commonly accepted medical understanding on the acquisition by bacteria of antibiotic resistance??

BTW--the most widely regarded medical Journal in Britain is the "Lancet".

[neverdem]

And your point is??? Just because there is ONE article in the "British Medical Journal", I'm supposed to buy what it says automatically?? Especially when it goes counter to the commonly accepted medical understanding on the acquisition by bacteria of antibiotic resistance??

After the article's recommendation of the three day course of amoxicillin for community acquired pneumonia, I was responding to:

Smells like bullshit to me. I fail to see how a "too long'" treatment can breed resistant bacteria, but a "too short" treatment period, with recurrence and retreatment certainly CAN cause such.

The development of resistance may be reduced by avoiding subtherapeutic antibacterial exposure and prolonged treatment durations.

With the exception of azithromycin, I can't find an antibiotic with a course of treatment for community acquired pneumonia that is less than 7 days.