A hitherto unknown antibiotic-resistant bacteria species, in the same family as E. coli and Salmonella spp., has been found and classified in Sweden. The proposed taxonomic name of the species—the first of the new genus—is ...
Jan 21, 2020
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Fewer than 2 percent of providers accounted for 25 percent of antibiotic prescriptions for children in Tennessee, with the highest number of prescriptions coming from general pediatricians and those who graduated prior to ...
Jan 15, 2020
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A pharmacy-driven assessment found more than half of patients with reported penicillin allergies were able to take antibiotics from the same drug class rather than resorting to substitutes that may be more costly, have more ...
Dec 10, 2019
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Over 90% of people recorded as having a penicillin allergy may not actually be allergic. Experts Misha Devchand and Dr. Jason Trubiano from Austin Health in Melbourne review the new Australian guidelines on antibiotics in ...
Dec 2, 2019
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Patients with bacterial infections who are promptly diagnosed and treated with the most effective antibiotic fare better than those who wait. But current methods of identifying which drug will kill the pathogen take days ...
Nov 27, 2019
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Higher exposure to commonly used oral antibiotics is linked to an increased risk of Parkinson's disease according to a recently published study by researchers form the Helsinki University Hospital, Finland.
Nov 22, 2019
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Cancer patients on immunotherapy fare worse if they have recently taken antibiotics, with their response and overall survival rate "crashing."
Sep 13, 2019
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A new study in healthy adults suggests that antibiotics may reduce the effectiveness of the flu vaccine.
Sep 6, 2019
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Overuse of broad-spectrum antibiotics is associated with increased mortality and other poor outcomes in adults admitted for community-onset pneumonia, according to a study published in the July 1 issue of the European Respiratory ...
Aug 7, 2019
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Early identification of Candida auris, a potentially deadly fungus that causes bloodstream and intra-abdominal infections, is the key to controlling its spread. Its emergence has highlighted gaps in fungal identification ...
Jul 30, 2019
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