Dietary sugar linked to increasing bacterial epidemics Anjali Nimesh Nimesh12 Jan 2018 7:15 PM ISTThe increasing frequency and severity of healthcare-associated outbreaks caused by bacterium Clostridium difficile have been linked to the widely used...
Novel Oral Antibiotic for C. Difficile Infection Vinay Singh singh24 Jun 2018 7:05 PM ISTACX-362E was granted Qualified Infectious Disease Product designation by theFood and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of the patients...
Patients allergic to penicillin at higher risk of C. difficile and MRSA infections : BMJ Medha Baranwal Baranwal5 July 2018 7:15 PM ISTThe patients allergic to penicillin are at increased risk for Clostridium difficile and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections...
Common Painkillers linked to serious diarrhoea ,Colitis Hina Zahid9 Jan 2019 7:12 PM ISTCommon painkillers like NSAIDs may cause serious Clostridium difficile or C. difficile infection which may manifest as serious diarrhoea and Colitis,...
FDA Issues Warning as Patient Dies after Receiving Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Medha Baranwal Baranwal25 Jun 2019 7:10 PM ISTTaking a cue from two cases whereby one immunocompromised patient died and second became infected after receiving fecal microbiota transplantation...
Widespread antibiotic use linked to higher risk of hospital associated C. difficile infections Medha Baranwal Baranwal20 Sept 2019 7:20 PM ISTUSA: Rates of resistance to antimicrobial agents continue to increase at hospitals. Improving the use of antimicrobials can help to combat the spread...
Probiotics may rather increase risk of C. difficile infection instead of preventing it: Study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli13 Oct 2019 8:00 PM ISTNew York: Probiotics, used for improving gut health, were thought to be a solution for preventing Clostridioides difficile infection or CDI and were...
Declare ‘penicillin allergy’ after double check to avoid drug resistance- NICE Vinay Singh singh2 Oct 2018 7:25 PM ISTNICE has issued a warning for those people who incorrectly believe they are allergic to penicillin as such misconception may unnecessarily put them at...
Piperacillin+tazobactam inferior to Meropenum in bacteraemia by resistant bacteria Vinay Singh singh25 April 2018 7:15 PM ISTThe antibiotic combination therapy piperacillin-tazobactam was significantly less effective than meropenem when treating potentially fatal bloodstream...
