Antibiotics help kill bacteria that cause infections. However, they also kill beneficial bacteria, leading to gastrointestinal issues and, in some cases, IBS. The effect of antibiotics on the ...

The routine use of antibiotics in animal agriculture is a leading cause of antibiotic resistance, that without major change, will become a leading cause of death by 2050 Public Health Campaigns, ...

Researchers believe they have identified a new class of antibiotics, nearly three decades since the last new one came to market. Teams at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada and the University ...

Despite guidelines stating otherwise, clinicians continue to prescribe inappropriate antibiotics to hospitalized patients with skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs), raising costs and increasing ...

Clinical outcomes among adult inpatients were no worse when broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy was delayed vs started early, challenging the belief that overly broad-spectrum empiric antibiotic ...

The antibiotics market generated sales of US$42 billion in 2009 globally, representing 46% of sales of anti-infective agents (which also include antiviral drugs and vaccines) and 5% of the global ...

An antibiotic that is commonly used to treat pneumonia rid mice of Lyme disease at a dose 100 times lower than the standard antibiotic therapy. This smaller dose, combined with the drug’s ...

Antibiotics are substances that inhibit the growth of bacteria. They work by killing bacteria or preventing their reproduction, and may be synthesized chemically or by naturally-occurring or ...

Piperacillin, an antibiotic in the same class as penicillin, effectively cured mice of Lyme disease at 100-times less than the effective dose of doxycycline, the current gold standard treatment.

Clinical outcomes among adult inpatients were no worse when broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy was delayed vs started early, challenging the belief that overly broad-spectrum empiric antibiotic therapy ...

Antibiotic exposure in children under two is linked to increased asthma and allergy risks by age 12, with significant risk differences for asthma and atopic dermatitis. The study found weak ...