Oral Ciprofloxacin as good as IV antibiotics in bacteremia Vinay Singh singh9 Oct 2018 8:10 PM ISTA new study has found oral ciprofloxacin as an effective treatment against gram-negative bacteremia, according to the findings of a study presented at...
Ciprofloxacin induces acute kidney failure-A case report Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli3 Nov 2018 6:00 PM ISTDr Isabella Maria Costa da Cunha at Santo Amaro University, São Paulo, Brazil and colleagues have reported a case of acute kidney failure induced by...
Fluoroquinolones can cause serious heart damage, FDA warns Vinay Singh singh23 Dec 2018 7:04 PM ISTThe US. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning that fluoroquinolone antibiotics can increase the occurrence of rare but serious events of...
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...
Rare case of cutaneous Malakoplakia Hina Zahid4 March 2019 6:00 PM ISTDr Thomas Gliddon at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, WA, Australia and colleagues have reported a rare case of Cutaneous Malakoplakia that...
Concomitant use of common antibiotic and muscle relaxant may lead to serious fall in BP Hina Zahid7 April 2019 7:28 PM ISTConcomitant use of a common antibiotic and muscle relaxant may lead to a serious fall in BP. The commonly used muscle relaxant tizanidine which when...
Fluoroquinolone ear drops may increase risk of eardrum perforation Hina Zahid3 May 2019 8:20 PM ISTFluoroquinolone ear drops may increase the risk of eardrum perforation, finds a new study.The researchers at the University of Florida in a...
Ciprofloxacin linked to sudden hypoglycemia in non-diabetic patients Deepanjana Sarkar26 May 2019 8:20 PM ISTUse of Ciprofloxacin may increase the risk of low blood sugar in patients who do not have diabetes, revealed a study published in the Journal of...
New Gonorrhea Test gets Breakthrough Status by FDA Deepanjana Sarkar12 Jun 2019 7:05 PM ISTUS Food and Drug Administration, FDA has approved new Gonorrhea Test ResistancePlus GC in order to efficiently treat this deadly infection.News test...
Drugs and sunshine: Drugs that cause skin reactions upon sun exposure Medha Baranwal Baranwal7 Aug 2019 7:28 PM ISTPhotosensitivity, sometimes also referred to as sun allergy, is the reaction of the immune system triggered by sunlight. It includes severe sunburn,...
Warning: Fluoroquinolones antibiotics linked to increased risk of Mitral and aortic regurgitation Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli11 Sept 2019 8:20 PM ISTResearchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in partnership with the Provincial Health Services Authority's (PHSA) Therapeutic Evaluation...
Rare case of sepsis by Ralstonia mannitolilytica: a report Hina Zahid1 Nov 2019 6:00 PM ISTDr Michael Owusu at the Department of Medical Diagnostics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana and colleagues have...
