Shorter antibiotic courses
Shorter durations of antibiotic therapy.
Key point
For children with acute uncomplicated UTIs, shorter-course antibiotic therapy appears comparable with longer-course therapy in efficacy and safety.
From: Shorter- vs. longer-course antibiotics in children with acute uncomplicated UTIs: a systematic review and meta-analyses (Clin Microbiol Infect, 2026 Oct) ↗Papers per year
Each bar is 12 months; the last one ends 17 Oct 2026. New trials in the same years: 9, 16, 8, 11, 17.
New guidelines and consensus this year
- Diagnosis and Management of Community-acquired Pneumonia: An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice GuidelineAm J Respir Crit Care Med2026 Jan 1
All papers from the last 12 months
317 papers (18 Oct 2025 – 17 Oct 2026), newest first. Loading the full list…
- Fecal microbiota transplantation-based treatment protocol for chronic insomnia disorder: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trialJ Intern Med2026 NovPMID 42482568RCT
- Species-level reporting of Coagulase-negative staphylococci with MALDI-TOF does not impact clinical outcomesDiagn Microbiol Infect Dis2026 NovPMID 42217282
- Pediatric Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bone and Joint Infection at Queensland Children's Hospital 2014-2024 : Retrospective Case SeriesPediatr Infect Dis J2026 Nov 1PMID 42083078
- Corynebacterium Periprosthetic Joint Infections: A Single-Institution's Experience With a Virulent OrganismJ Arthroplasty2026 NovPMID 41654274
- Does End-of-Therapy-Anchored Follow-Up Bias Comparisons of Antibiotic Duration in Acute Otitis Media?Pediatr Emerg Care2026 Oct 14PMID 42870434
- Experimental versus clinical studies capture distinct types of relapse in tuberculosismBio2026 Oct 14PMID 42757856
- Optimizing Antibiotic Duration for Pneumonia and Sinusitis in the Pediatric Emergency DepartmentPediatrics2026 Oct 13PMID 42863842
- Shorter Antibiotic Duration for Pseudomonas Bacteremia: A Call for Future TrialsClin Infect Dis2026 Oct 9PMID 42852813
- Feasibility and clinical outcomes of short-course intravenous antibiotic therapy in neonates under 28 days with urinary tract infectionEur J Pediatr2026 Oct 8PMID 42848061
- Impact of a Multi-Center Collaborative on Antibiotic Duration for Acute Respiratory Infections in Pediatric Urgent CareJ Pediatric Infect Dis Soc2026 Oct 8PMID 42837306
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How these numbers are counted
PubMed query, searched in titles and abstracts by publication date:
("short-course"[tiab] OR "shorter course"[tiab] OR "antibiotic duration"[tiab]) AND antibiotic*[tiab]Trials: ClinicalTrials.gov studies first submitted in each 12-month window that match the same terms. A query can miss synonyms or catch unrelated papers, so treat counts as approximate.