Last week a patient came to see me looking very unwell. Having just come out of hospital after her first attack of diverticulitis, she was understandably anxious to learn how to ward off further ...

From a public health perspective, resistance, and related bacterial fitness have to be extended to a broader context in which the (environmental) transmissibility of human pathogens and man-made ...

Further BVA research shows that three out of five vets have seen clients who expect antibiotics to treat their pets and found there is still a lack of understanding about responsible antibiotic use ...

Objective: To assess the efficacy, safety and tolerability of moxifloxacin, an 8-methoxy fluoroquinolone, in patients with respiratory tract infections (RTIs) treated in general practice in ...

Drug-resistant infections occur when pathogens change in ways that render antimicrobial drugs ineffective. As a result, the pathogens survive and continue to spread. When infections are treatable with ...