An alternative option to appendectomies is becoming more mainstream, The Washington Post reported Aug. 17. For children, appendicitis is the most common cause of emergency surgeries, according to the ...

The following stories on antibiotics have been compiled on Becker’s Hospital Review over the past month, starting with the most recent. 1. Patients receiving delayed antibiotic prescriptions or no ...

Antimicrobial resistance to common bacteria is rising worldwide, eroding the effectiveness of last-line antibiotics against ...

Findings showed zoliflodacin was noninferior to ceftriaxone plus azithromycin (microbiological cure rate, 90.9% vs 96.2%, respectively; difference, 5.3%). The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ...

This ecosystem of tiny stuff affects our health in ways science is only beginning to understand, facilitating digestion, metabolism, the immune response and more. But when serious infection sets in, ...

ANTIBIOTIC use at the end of life often offers limited symptom relief while increasing treatment burden. Antibiotic Use at ...

Drugs to treat common infections in children and babies are no longer effective in large parts of the world, due to high rates of antibiotic resistance. The University of Sydney led study found many ...

Antibiotic resistance is making bacterial infections harder to treat, demanding new therapeutic strategies. A new review ...

A new report in the peer-reviewed journal Telemedicine and e-Health provides a review of the published literature on antibiotic prescribing and antibiotic stewardship in outpatient telemedicine. At ...

LONDON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Global growth of unregulated over-the-counter and Internet sales of precious antibiotic medicines is further fuelling the rise of deadly, drug-resistant "superbug" bacteria, ...