1 in 4 Antibiotic Prescriptions Wasted on Unresponsive Patient Conditions, Including COVID-19
A five-year trend study shows a rebound in inappropriate use of antibiotics after an early pandemic dip.
A five-year trend study shows a rebound in inappropriate use of antibiotics after an early pandemic dip.
Administering azithromycin to pregnant women who deliver vaginally is a cost-saving treatment for reducing maternal sepsis, death or infection in developing countries.
Outcomes don't improve in cystic fibrosis patients given long-term inhaled antibiotics who do not have chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a new study found.
Researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences are using a $6.7 million National Institutes of Health grant to study azithromycin therapy in preschoolers who are diagnosed with severe wheezing episodes at hospital emergency departments.
Read MoreAnalysis of antimicrobial resistance in 271 US hospitals finds higher rates of antibiotic-resistant infections in both COVID patients and non-COVID patients admitted during the pandemic compared to pre-pandemic.
Read MoreAmong infants hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), there was no difference in the amount of wheezing in babies treated with azithromycin versus those who received a placebo.
Read MoreAmoxicillin was not clinically effective in children with uncomplicated chest infections, according to research findings published in the Lancet.
Read MoreOnly 21% of patients with severe pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2 have a documented bacterial superinfection at the time of intubation, resulting in potential overuse of antibiotics.
Read MoreA UC San Francisco study has found that the antibiotic azithromycin was no more effective than a placebo in preventing symptoms of COVID-19 among non-hospitalized patients.
Read MoreResearchers have discovered that the antibiotic doxycycline, in combination with TB drug treatment, reduces the size of lung cavities.
Read MoreLow dose azithromycin for cough did not show significant improvements compared with placebo in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Read MoreResearchers are developing a new method to look for more effective antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis treatments.
Read MoreNew research shows that cystic fibrosis patients who had pulmonary exacerbations treated with concomitant azithromycin and tobramycin had worse outcomes than those treated with tobramycin alone.
Read MoreReceiving early antibiotics was associated with lower mortality in patients with a higher probability of infection, but a higher likelihood of mortality in patients with a lower probability of infection.
Read MoreThe FDA approved two Abbreviated New Drug Applications (ANDA) for a skeletal muscle relaxant used during tracheal intubation, and a version of azithromycin.
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