The Future of Pneumonia Treatment

In your personal practice, are there any risk factors that would say you want to treat them for more than 10 days or more than seven days. The best antibiotic to treat kids with uncomplicated pneumonia with is a moxacillin giving in high dose. We as a country probably way overused broad spectrum agents and it's really important to think about why we do that. And the last thing is just to consider that when you see those kids with viral illnesses who then all of a sudden a few days or a week later develop high spiking fevers increase work of breathing or hypoxemia.