PCORI Research

Choosing between Antibiotics for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections in Children

Jeffrey Gerber, MD, PhD—attending physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases, and associate director in the Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia—shares how his PCORI-funded study compared two types of antibiotics often used to treat common acute respiratory infections like ear infections and strep throat in children, and what the findings suggest for clinicians and families.

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