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Antibiotic Delays in ED Triple Sepsis Deaths in Children
Medscape· 1 day agoDelays in antibiotic administration increased the mortality risk by threefold in children with...
Will we really die from minor scratches in the future? Q&A with antibiotic resistance expert
Medical Xpress· 15 hours agoThe Conversation spoke to James P. O'Gara, a professor of microbiology, about the problem of...
Antibiotics wreak havoc on the gut. Can we kill the bad bugs and spare the good ones?
The Sacramento Bee· 1 day agoInside every human is a thriving zoo of bacteria, fungi, viruses and other microscopic organisms col...
AI face-off: nerds vs. evangelists
Politico· 14 hours agoSend tips securely through SecureDrop, Signal, Telegram or WhatsApp. A promising experimental antibiotic that could treat gonorrhea is headed to the Food...
A simple change to save thousands of patients with sepsis
Medical Xpress· 5 days agoA clinical trial and systematic review have shown that intravenously administering commonly used...
Advice | What the latest science says about Lyme disease
Washington Post· 21 hours agoLyme disease is a bacterial infection that spreads through tick bites. It may cause flu-like symptoms and a bull’s-eye-shaped rash. Most people fully recover after a few weeks of antibiotic ...
Antibiotics, resistant bacteria found on ocean surface
Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy· 8 hours agoA total of 70% of marine bacteria were resistant to ofloxacin, 95% to clindamycin, 58% to clarithromycin, and 100% to novobiocin.
Randomized trial, meta-analysis shed new light on optimal antibiotic strategy for sepsis
Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy· 5 days agoThe authors of the studies say the findings should provide enough evidence for clinicians to make...
UK’s new Netflix-style funding model for antibiotics goes live
Pharmaceutical Technology via Yahoo Finance· 4 days agoThis has seen R&D funds for such projects fall short: in 2020, the pharmaceutical industry raised...
CDC: Antibiotic taken after sex can help prevent STDs
The Columbian· 7 days agoSome people should consider taking an antibiotic as a morning-after pill to try to prevent certain sexually transmitted diseases, U.S. health officials recommended Tuesday ...