Doctors Lounge WEDNESDAY, April 1, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia, macrolide -resistance is not associated with worse outcomes, according to a study published online March 25 in the American Journal of Respiratory ...
Medscape A 70-year-old man presents with persistent nausea and weakness. He has a history of coronary artery disease, hypertension, and depression. He was initially seen 1 week ago for nausea and abdominal pain and was started on treatment for ulcer disease ...
HCPLive Community-acquired pneumonia presents a number of dilemmas. Patients may be elderly or frail and it's sometimes difficult to identify the infectious organism initially. There is considerable debate about the selection of an appropriate antibiotic or ...
Medscape There has been little improvement in septic shock mortality in the past 70 years, despite ever more broad-spectrum and potent antimicrobials. In the past, resuscitative elements have been the primary area of clinical septic shock management and research.
Healio “Widespread use of 1g azithromycin for M. genitalium has been associated with emergence of macrolide resistance and declining cure rates in some settings,” researchers wrote in Clinical Infectious Diseases. “Moxifloxacin has been shown to be effective ...
Journal of Clinical Microbiology The number of macrolide -resistant pneumococcal isolates was small but increased in the SPAZ group (13.3% [4/30], versus SPCQ, 2.2% [2/91]; P = 0.033). The proportions of isolates with serotypes covered by the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine ...
Forbes Just this month, Harvard chemist Andrew Myers was part of the founding team of an antibiotic developer called Macrolide Pharmaceuticals, which is making claims about synthesizing natural products that are similar in concept to what Revolution Medicines ... and more »
