Learn which antibiotics are the best choice for respiratory infections and which should be avoided. How to treat bacterial respiratory infections like pneumonia, bacterial sinusitis, or otitis media? Should you use penicillins (amoxicillin, amoxicillinclavulanate), cephalosporins, azithromycin, clarithromycin, or something else, and what is the logic behind that?

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A Clinical Approach to Serious Infections in Adults: What Every Physician Should Know:
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Macrolides (azithromycin and clarithromycin) in the treatment of respiratory infections
00:43 Why not azithromycin?
02:25 Amoxicillin vs. amoxicillinclavulanate
03:44 Is there an alternative?
04:22 What is azithromycin (or clarithromycin) good for?

REFERENCES & RECOMMENDED READING:
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2. Metlay JP, Waterer GW, Long AC, Anzueto A, Brozek J, Crothers K, et al. Diagnosis and Treatment of Adults with Communityacquired Pneumonia. An Official Clinical Practice Guideline of the American Thoracic Society and Infectious Diseases Society of America. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019 Oct 1;200(7):e45–67.
3. Overview | Pneumonia (communityacquired): antimicrobial prescribing | Guidance | NICE [Internet]. NICE; 2019 [cited 2023 Dec 12]. Available from: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng138
4. Overview | Sinusitis (acute): antimicrobial prescribing | Guidance | NICE [Internet]. NICE; 2017 [cited 2023 Dec 12]. Available from: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng79