Certain bacterial infections (eg, abscesses, infections with foreign bodies) require surgical intervention and do not respond to antibiotics alone. In general, clinicians should use antibiotics with the narrowest spectrum of activity and for the shortest duration. (See also Antibiotics in Neonates.) Spectrum of activity More @Wikipedia
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