Antibiotics for pneumonia include Zithromax (azithromycin), Biaxin (clarithromycin), and Erythrocin (erythromycin). Azithromycin is often the first-line treatment since it is effective against many ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a new type of antibiotic to treat urinary tract infections. The pill, gepotidacin, will be sold under the brand name Blujepa and is expected to be ...

Researchers have discovered a new antibiotic molecule that targets a broad range of disease-causing bacteria — even strains resistant to commercial drugs — and is not toxic to human cells 1.

Biofilms work so well, in fact, that they can increase antibiotic resistance hundreds to thousands of times above what’s normal, Zaman said. “Biofilms are pretty nasty to get off because they ...

The need to develop antibiotics to combat growing antimicrobial resistance, combined with the difficulty of their discovery and the lack of financial support for their development, is a major ...

In some cases, antibiotics can cause IBS to develop. Symptoms range in severity and can become permanent. If you have an infection or are at risk of developing one, antibiotics can help to kill ...

The microscopic shards of plastic found in every corner of the planet may be exacerbating antibiotic resistance, a new study has found. Bacteria exposed to these ubiquitous fragments, known as ...

UTI symptoms can linger after a round of antibiotic treatment. This may happen if you have another type of infection with similar symptoms or need a different kind of treatment. Doctors typically ...

Breaking antibiotic-resistant bacteria's protective shields opens door for immune system response. ScienceDaily . Retrieved March 28, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 03 ...

Rapid syndromic polymerase chain reaction testing in the ICU vs standard-of-care testing improves antibiotic stewardship but fails to demonstrate non-inferiority in the clinical cure of pneumonia ...

A new antibiotic has been approved to treat urinary tract infections by the Food and Drug Administration for the first time in decades. It’s an oral pill called Blujepa from the London-based biopharma ...

In a startling discovery, a team of Boston University researchers found that bacteria exposed to microplastics became resistant to multiple types of antibiotics commonly used to treat infections.