(Medical Xpress) -- An ongoing study led by a University of Pittsburgh researcher has established the first scientifically-based dosing guidelines for a more than 50-year-old drug that has re-emerged as the best, and often ...
Jul 4, 2011
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(Medical Xpress) -- In the war between drugs and drug-resistant diseases, is the current strategy for medicating patients giving many drug-resistant diseases a big competitive advantage?, asks a research paper that will be ...
Jun 22, 2011
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Globally, five million children die annually before the age of 5. Forty percent of these deaths are in the first month, and many are preventable.
May 31, 2023
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Infections with superbugs that are resistant to most drugs have presented a "huge challenge" in treating the devastating injuries of people wounded in the war in Ukraine, doctors in Germany said on Tuesday.
Apr 18, 2023
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A rare strain of a drug-resistant bacteria found in some recalled eye drops has been linked to dozens of infections across the United States.
Apr 4, 2023
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Even before the COVID crisis, excessive use and misuse of lifesaving antibiotics had contributed to the emergence of resistant strains of disease-causing organisms. This has rendered many of the most powerful treatments in ...
May 9, 2022
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Researchers at CDDEP, in collaboration with leading experts in the field, have produced the "Infectious Diseases in the South-East Asia Region" report, which examines cross-boundary challenges in communicable disease control ...
Feb 23, 2021
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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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Patients with a certain drug-resistant urinary tract infection were more likely to have a relapse of their infection within a week than those with non-resistant infections and were more likely to be prescribed an incorrect ...
Oct 30, 2018
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A specific wavelength of ultraviolet light, now delivered through light-diffusing optical fibers, is highly effective at killing drug-resistant bacteria in cell cultures, according to a new study led by David J. Brenner, ...
Aug 23, 2018
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