Almost half of children who require surgery for complicated appendicitis can safely complete their recovery at home, ...

The young patients were randomly prescribed either intravenous antibiotics or appendectomy. The study then compared the failure rates of these two treatment options. For appendectomy, failure was ...

Some notoriously difficult to treat infections may not be as resistant to antibiotics as has been thought, according to new research using a microfluidic device that more closely duplicates the fluid ...

Clinical question: What is the safety and efficacy of switching from IV to oral antibiotic therapy after three to five days in patients with gram-negative bacteremia? Background: Bacteremia is ...

Some notoriously difficult-to-treat infections may not be as resistant to antibiotics as has been thought, according to new ...

Cellulitis is a skin infection that can occur when bacteria enter an open bug bite. Early treatment is crucial. Learn how to ...

Typically, healthcare professionals prescribe antibiotics, such as amoxicillin, doxycycline, and cefuroxime axetil, to treat the early stages of Lyme disease.

Almost half of children who require surgery for complicated appendicitis can safely complete their recovery at home, according to a new study.

"Anytime you take an antibiotic orally or by IV, it's not immediately in the place it is supposed to be. It will get there by flowing in the bloodstream. Other fluids move throughout the body as ...

He had a background medical history of combined variable immunodeficiency (CVID), Evans syndrome, and childhood epilepsy. He was receiving monthly intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) for CVID and had ...