Initial treatment should be with broad spectrum antibiotics, but every effort must be made to obtain appropriate samples for culture.

Several professional healthcare organizations have recommended limiting the use of broad spectrum antibiotics.

Antibiotics that work against a number of different bacteria (broad spectrum antibiotics) are most commonly used.

In order to achieve efficacy, physicians will use broad spectrum antibiotics.

Aggressive broad spectrum antibiotics may be used after the infected area has been drained of fluids.

These peptides are potent, broad spectrum antibiotics which demonstrate potential as novel therapeutic agents.

They are typically considered to be narrow spectrum antibiotics, though this has been debated.

Over the next six days, she gained 20 pounds in fluid weight and had fevers of 103 F despite broad spectrum antibiotics.

In severe sepsis, broad spectrum antibiotics are recommended within 1 hour of making the diagnosis.

House still thinks it's an infection and orders more broad spectrum antibiotics.