Effectiveness of amoxicillin and amoxicillin-clavulanate for the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia in adults and children: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Lilia Potter-Schwartz, Myo MM Swe, Michael Sharland, Julia Anna Bielicki, Ben S Cooper, Cherry Lim · 2026
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Lilia Potter-Schwartz and co-authors weighed two common antibiotics for lung infection in this 2026 review. The drugs are amoxicillin and its partner form with clavulanate, both used for pneumonia caught outside hospitals. The team pooled trials in adults and children from four large databases.
Forty-four studies with about 45,400 patients went into the pool. Neither drug cured patients at a clearly higher rate than other antibiotics. Results for treatment failure were also too loose to rule out real gains or harms. A side analysis found no clear edge for the partner form over plain amoxicillin. The review leaves the choice between these drugs open and calls for sharper trials.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Lilia Potter-Schwartz, Myo MM Swe, Michael Sharland, Julia Anna Bielicki, Ben S Cooper, Cherry Lim |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 27 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |