Amoxicillin remains effective against acute otitis media, according to the results of a small study published in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society.
The goals of the study were to determine amoxicillin’s efficacy in treating ear infections and whether its failure rate differs based on the flora in a child’s ear, according to one of the authors.
“Ear infections are by far the most common reason that children in the U.S. are prescribed antibiotics,” Holly M. Frost, MD, senior director of the Center for Health Systems Research at Denver Health, told