Urinary and male genital tract infections-Standard Treatment Guidelines supriya kashyap kashyap27 March 2017 1:36 PM ISTInfections of the urinary tract pose a serious health problem, also because of their frequent occurrence.Clinical and experimental evidence support...
Ciprofloxacin No longer Effective In Shigellosis, Typhoid supriya kashyap kashyap25 April 2017 3:31 PM ISTHyderabad : Researchers have found that indiscriminate and irresponsible use of ciprofloxacin which used to be sufficiently capable to kill Shigella...
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...
Important: WHO updates Essential Medicines List, gives new advisory on Antibiotics Anjali Nimesh Nimesh8 Jun 2017 2:48 PM IST New advice on which antibiotics to use for common infections and which to preserve for the most serious circumstances is among the additions to the...
Strategy to use quinolones Anjali Nimesh Nimesh10 Dec 2017 7:22 PM ISTMIT researchers have discovered a way to make bacteria more vulnerable to a class of antibiotics known as quinolones, which include ciprofloxacin and...
Boosting the antibiotic arsenal Anjali Nimesh Nimesh11 Dec 2017 7:20 PM ISTMIT researchers have discovered a way to make bacteria more vulnerable to a class of antibiotics known as quinolones, which include ciprofloxacin and...
Sitafloxacin effective in multidrug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae Vinay Singh singh21 Jun 2018 7:28 PM ISTThe newer-generation fluoroquinolone sitafloxacin, mostly used for respiratory tract infections in Japan, can have a high in vitro activity against N....
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...
Weekly ciprofloxacin as good as daily norfloxacin for preventing bacterial peritonitis Vinay Singh singh17 July 2018 7:28 PM ISTThe efficacy of once-weekly ciprofloxacin is same as once-daily norfloxacin for preventing spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) in patients with...
Ciprofloxacin not entirely safe-Has a dark side too Vinay Singh singh27 July 2018 8:28 PM ISTUse of fluoroquinolone group of antibiotic such as ciprofloxacin may be linked to the disruption of the normal functions of connective tissue,...
A case of Infection with flesh-eating bacteria,Vibrio vulnificus Hina Zahid8 Aug 2018 6:00 PM ISTDr.Jin Park and colleagues have reported a case of flesh-eating bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus Infection that has been published in NEJM.There are about...
Fluoroquinolones increase risk of Achilles tendon rupture in elderly, FDA warns Vinay Singh singh5 Sept 2018 8:20 PM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved safety labeling changes for a class of antibiotics, called fluoroquinolones, to enhance warnings about...
