Antibiotics

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain There is no long-term benefit to surgically placing tympanostomy tubes in a young child's ears to reduce the rate of recurrent ear infections during the ensuing two years compared with giving oral antibiotics to treat ear infections, a randomized trial led by UPMC Children's Hospital of…

Fake Drug Rackets On The Prowl In Rural Areas; Cheap Antibiotics Sold As Remdesivir Representational Image New Delhi: Beware of fake life-saving drugs. Instead of Remdesivir, which is required for critically ill Covid patients, similar-looking vials of Monocef or Zetri, a low-cost antibiotic injection, are being sold in the black…

IMAGE: First author Hans-Peter Grobbel explains some results. view more  Credit: Research Center Borstel, the Leibniz Lung Center Globally, tuberculosis is the most common bacterial infectious disease leading to death. The pathogen causing tuberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, has a number of peculiarities. One is that it is growing very slowly. While other…

HONG KONG, Apr 26, 2021 - (ACN Newswire) - China Medical System Holdings Limited (0867.HK) ("CMS" or the "Company") has been active in the market this year. From the acquisition of Luqa to enter the medical aesthetic market early this year, the Company has attracted the attention of the market.…

News Melissa Doughty Sunday 25 April 2021 Arima resident Kim Francois before her cancer diagnosis. - Kim Francois, 22, was the typical young adult – working, going to the gym, eating well and travelling. That was until she was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia four months ago. Cancerresearchuk.org says acute…

Antimicrobial resistance is the most common cause of treatment-refractory Helicobacter pylori infection, but before switching antibiotics, clinicians should screen for factors such as treatment nonadherence or inadequate suppression of gastric acid, according to a clinical practice update from the American Gastroenterological Association. "Inadequate acid suppression is associated with H. pylori…

The Japanese government has stepped up efforts to inspect and monitor food products imported from overseas sources in the 2021 version of its ‘Imported Food Monitoring Guidance Plan’​, which was recently announced by the local Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW). Special focus has been placed on processed foods…

CHP investigates a fatal case of leptospirosis **********************************************      The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health is today (April 20) investigating a fatal case of leptospirosis, a disease caused by the bacteria leptospira.      The male patient, aged 72 with good past health, has presented with cough and fever…

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IMAGE: The European beewolf Philanthus triangulum. view more  Credit: Martin Kaltenpoth, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology Antibiotics on the cocoon protect the offspring of beewolves, a group of digger wasps, from detrimental fungi. These protective substances are produced by symbiotic bacteria of the genus Streptomyces, which live in these insects.…