TY - JOUR T1 - Narrow-spectrum antibiotics are as effective as broad-spectrum antibiotics in the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia JF - Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition JO - Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed SP - 223 LP - 223 DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2015-308815 VL - 100 IS - 4 AU - Anna Selby AU - Katrina Pettit AU - Nick Brown Y1 - 2015/08/01 UR - http://ep.bmj.com/content/100/4/223.abstract N2 - Rationale: Narrow-spectrum antimicrobial therapy is recommended for children with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in the 2011 Paediatric Infectious Diseases Society/Infectious Diseases Society of America CAP guideline. However, few studies have compared the effectiveness of narrow-spectrum and broad-spectrum antibiotics in children hospitalised with pneumonia.Setting: Forty-three tertiary children's hospitals in the USA using data from the Pediatric Health Information System.Patients: In total, 15 564 children aged 6 months to 18 years, hospitalised with CAP over a 6-year period fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Children with potentially severe pneumonia, those with complex chronic conditions, interhospital transfers and children hospitalised within the previous 30 days or for <2 days were excluded. Children with any … ER -