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Treating penicillin-resistant pneumococci with penicillin

Posted on 07 Jul 2009 by Bob Phillips

Now if you ask me, the idea of treating a penicillin-resistant organism with penicillin seems faintly ridiculous…  like an iron with drawing pins on the sole plate. Either the bug is resistant (which to me means it resists dying when I use the drug) or it isn’t (so it will die) but it seems that […]

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Azithromycin for chest infections in severe CP?

Posted on 22 Oct 2007 by BMJ

Is the frequency of recurrent chest infections, in children with chronic neurological problems, reduced by prophylactic Azithromycin? You see Jonny, an 8 yr old boy with severe dystonic CP as a result of his premature birth at 26 wks gestation with another chest infection. He is mainly gastrostomy fed and had a Nissen’s fundoplication 5 […]

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Is the use of Chest Physiotherapy Beneficial in Children with Community Acquired Pneumonia?

Posted on 11 Jul 2007 by BMJ

A 7 year old boy is admitted to the General Paediatric ward with a community acquired pneumonia affecting the right lower lobe. It is suggested on the ward round that we arrange chest physiotherapy to try and reduce the length of his hospital stay. We wonder if there is evidence to support the use of […]

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