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Common antibiotic tied to higher death risk in sickest patients
Futurity· 2 days agoDecisions about which antibiotics to give a patient when a life-threatening infection is suspected...
It's tick season. How is Lyme disease transmitted? Here's what you need to know.
USA Today· 10 hours agoThis creates a perfect storm for a surge in Lyme disease, which is curable for most people. An...
Antibiotic for Treating Sepsis Linked to Increased Mortality
MedPage Today· 4 days agoIn adults hospitalized with suspected sepsis, piperacillin-tazobactam was associated with a higher...
Korean study shows high broad-spectrum antibiotic exposure at end of life
Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy· 2 days agoBroad-spectrum antibiotic use was notably higher among cancer patients in the final months of life.
Commonly used antibiotic brings more complications, death in the sickest patients
Medical Xpress· 3 days agoBeginning in 2015, a 15-month national shortage of a commonly prescribed antibiotic,...
Study finds increased risk of death in sepsis patients treated with broad-spectrum antibiotic
Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy· 2 days agoA new study indicates that one of the most frequently prescribed broad-spectrum empiric antibiotics...
William makes speech calling for ‘urgent’ action on antimicrobial resistance
Press Association News via AOL· 3 hours agoAMR occurs when microbes that cause infections develop resistance to treatments such as antibiotics...
A second chance for a new antibiotic agent
Phys.org· 3 hours ago"As this point of attack only occurs in bacterial proteins, the drug would become much more selective and its harmfulness to human cells would be reduced," explains Professor Raphael Stoll, ...
Acurx gears up for Phase 3 trials of CDI antibiotic candidate By Investing.com
Investing.com· 1 day agoAcurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACXP), a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the...
‘Number of failures’ at NHS trust in care of girl, six, before her death
Press Association News via AOL· 2 hours agoMaya Siek died at Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother hospital in Margate, Kent, on December 21 2022,...