26 Nov. 2024
The FDA has approved the use of the new antibacterial drug tigecycline for the treatment of complicated skin and soft tissue infections and complicated intra-abdominal infections in adult patients.
25 Nov. 2024
Long-term treatment with azithromycin in patients with severe COPD and outpatient tracheostomy is effective and safe and can reduce the incidence of COPD exacerbations, the number of hospitalizations and improve the quality of life.
24 Nov. 2024
The combined vaccine that protects against pertussis increases the relative risk of developing febrile seizures on the day of the first and second vaccinations, while the absolute risk does not increase significantly.
23 Nov. 2024
In children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) receiving oral glucocorticoids, the risk of developing infections is doubled.
22 Nov. 2024
Comparison of short and long-term courses of ceftriaxone iv in the treatment of acute pyelonephritis in children demonstrated the absence of the effect of the duration of parenteral administration of antibiotics on the incidence of changes scarring in the renal parenchyma.
21 Nov. 2024
Inadequate empirical antibiotic therapy is very common in Western Europe and is associated with infection caused by strains of MRSA Staphylococcus aureus.