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 ...
Seeking Alpha Cempra's (NASDAQ:CEMP) Solithromycin seems to be the answer to such macrolide resistant pathogens and that too with minimal side effects. The drug is a ketolide which makes it more potent than prevalent macrolide treatments but does not have the side ... and more »
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 ...
Telegraph.co.uk I showed your article to my GP together with the macrolide therapy download. He prescribed the low dosage erythromycin for 3 months Within 3 weeks the catarrh had completely gone but I continued with the dosage for the full 3 months. I have remained ...
PR Newswire (press release) The QLF is approximately 18 miles from the Company's recently completed Jiangchuan macrolide (JCM) facility. The QLF is estimated to be 80 mu or 53,000 square meters. The designed production capacity of QLF is 30% higher than the TPI's currently ... and more »
Medscape This is particularly alarming because major practice guidelines were recently updated to limit the routine use of macrolide antibiotics in an effort to minimize resistance. This problem occurs more widely than just through sales on the auction site eBay.
AAP News (subscription) Infants treated with macrolide antibiotics were at a significantly increased risk of developing infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS), according to a study of 999,378 babies born in Denmark between 1996-2011. Macrolides, including erythromycin ...
Medscape Macrolide treatment of Mycoplasma pneumoniae may or may not benefit children with community-acquired lower respiratory tract infection (CA-LRTI), according to an article published in the June issue of Pediatrics. Eric Biondi, MD, from the Department of ...
Healio The guideline does not recommend macrolide antibiotics as first-line therapy for early Lyme disease; macrolides have been compared with other antimicrobials in clinical trials and are deemed less effective. Macrolides may be used for patients with Lyme ... and more »
