The evidence for appropriate duration of antibiotics that should be used in hospitalized children with pneumonia is scarce. A randomized controlled trial comparing traditional duration of antibiotics (≥ 7 days) versus shorter duration of antibiotics < 7 days) is what we think is necessary. There are no studies looking at duration of antibiotics in children with severe uncomplicated pneumonia. We hypothesize that there is no need for a longer duration of antibiotics which are only associated with poor compliance and unnecessary side-effects.