Antibiotics

A mum claims a false widow spider snuck under her duvet and bit her while she slept - leaving a 50p-sized bite. Tracey Carse, from Stockport, woke up one Saturday morning to find a painful-looking open sore on her right thigh that was red and inflamed. While attending a dermatology…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain New research being presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Copenhagen, Denmark, (April 15-18) has identified several gold-based compounds with the potential to treat multidrug-resistant "superbugs." With all 19 compounds tested effective against at least one hard-to-treat bacterium and…

By Amy Norton  HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, April 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A "morning after" dose of a common antibiotic can greatly lower the chances of sexually transmitted bacterial infections in high-risk people, a new clinical trial has found. Researchers discovered that taking the antibiotic doxycycline within 72 hours of…

Comparison of traditional antimicrobials and antivirulence drugs. When exposed to an antimicrobial drug to treat an infection, the healthy microbiota and the pathogen are both impacted. Under such conditions, there is selection for antimicrobial resistance such that resistant microbes can potentially flourish, less impeded by the normal microbiota. When exposed…

Well that's disappointing — We don’t need new gadgets; we need to use antibiotics more sparingly. Diana Gitig - Apr 1, 2023 1:30 pm UTC Enlarge / Once the future of travel, now a museum piece. Vaclav Smil reminds us that despite the onslaught of popular techno-pundits claiming otherwise, immense…

The Ajay Devgn-directed Bollywood film is innocent of even a hint of intelligence, wit, logic or originality Ajay Devgn in a still from 'Bholaa.' Photo: Courtesy of Ajay Devgn Films Bholaa Cast: Ajay Devgn, Tabu, Deepak Dobriyal, Gajraj Rao, Sanjay Mishra, Vineet Kumar, Kiran Kumar, Makrand Deshpande Direction: Ajay Devgn…

ROME — Pope Francis is expected to be discharged on Saturday from the Rome hospital where he is being treated for bronchitis as his recovery proceeds in a “normal” way, even had pizza for dinner and will be in St. Peter’s Square for Palm Sunday Mass, the Vatican said. Vatican…

A major new study by researchers at Intermountain Health and Stanford University finds that overprescribing and inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics is not only leading to antibiotic resistance – but also causing significant patient harm. It's one of the most comprehensive studies to document the impact of antibiotic overuse in clinical…

When patients request or demand an antibiotic, even when it is unlikely to help, a physician might be tempted to give in and write a prescription, especially if they're working in a busy setting like an urgent care or emergency department. However, a major new study by researchers at Intermountain…

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis showed a “marked improvement” Thursday after being given intravenous antibiotics for a bronchitis infection and could be released from the hospital in the coming days, the Vatican and his doctors reported. The 86-year-old pontiff, who had part of one lung removed as a young man,…