Test to identify best treatment for gonorrhea now developed Anjali Nimesh Nimesh24 May 2017 2:39 PM ISTResearchers from UCLA have developed a laboratory test that helps physicians determine which people with gonorrhea may be more treatable with an...
Gonorrhoea strains becoming more susceptible to available treatment options Anjali Nimesh Nimesh15 Sept 2017 10:47 AM ISTAccording to test results from the annual European Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme (Euro-GASP), resistance levels to the main...
Good News-case of 'World's worst' super gonorrhoea cured Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli20 April 2018 8:31 PM ISTIt is a good news at last -An Englishman who contracted the 'world's worst' case of super gonorrhoea has been cured.It was a case reported last month...
Latest NICE Guidelines on Lyme Disease Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli28 April 2018 7:02 PM ISTLyme disease spreads to humans through an infected tick bite. Ticks are mainly found in grassy and wooded areas, including gardens and parks, but only...
Dual antibiotic therapy more effective in Typhoid Fever-says Trial Vinay Singh singh29 Jun 2018 8:28 PM ISTCombination of azithromycin and third-generation cephalosporins leads to a more effective therapy in patients with typhoid fever (TF) than monotherapy...
CDC's treatment Guidelines of Chancroid Anjali Nimesh Nimesh5 July 2018 7:01 PM ISTCenter for Disease Control and Prevention has come out with Chancroid treatment guidelines which is a sexually transmitted disease (STD). These...
Zoliflodacin-New antibiotic for uncomplicated gonorrhea Vinay Singh singh8 Nov 2018 8:20 PM ISTA new study published in NEJM reports that Zoliflodacin is safe and efficacious in curing most cases of uncomplicated gonorrhea. The results of Phase...
Unusual case of Pneumococcal Bacteremia and Meningitis Hina Zahid26 Nov 2018 6:00 PM ISTAn unusual case of pneumococcal meningitis and bacteremia has appeared in NEJM.Dr Andres Carpio, at Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA...
A case of severe rhabdomyolysis induced by influenza infection: BMJ Medha Baranwal Baranwal3 Jan 2019 6:00 PM ISTA recently published case report in BMJ Case Reports describes the case of 29-year-old man with influenza-induced rhabdomyolysis and emphasizes the...
Ceftriaxone 1g IM first line treatment of gonorrhoea, says 2019 BASHH Guideline Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli31 Jan 2019 7:00 PM ISTA newly updated 2019 guideline on the management of gonorrhoea has been released by the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV. The 2019...
Typical case of Disseminated Gonococcal Infection reported Hina Zahid19 April 2019 6:00 PM ISTDr Stephanie Florez-Pollack, at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX and colleagues have reported a rare case of Disseminated...
Gentamicin not superior to ceftriaxone in Gonorrhea treatment: the Lancet study Medha Baranwal Baranwal7 May 2019 7:25 PM ISTGentamicin is not superior to ceftriaxone in the treatment of Gonorrhea, finds a study appearing in the Lancet.In this scenario of antimicrobial...
