Owing to the lack of routine culture and susceptibility testing over the past 20 years, marked changes in both the causative pathogens in skin and soft tissue infections have gone unnoticed ...

Patients with a bacitracin sensitivity may experience ... simultaneously to two allergens because they use multiple antibiotics at the same time or they are contained in a combination product ...

Even quaint corners of the country are seeing a rise in drug violence and crime. Just ask the mayor of Morlaix, which has a population of about 15,000. By Richard Fausset Reporting from Morlaix ...

Substance abuse in the United States is one of the leading health conditions impacting millions of lives and due to many types of drug addictions. Since 2000, there have been 700,000 overdose deaths ...

Imagine that the next time you catch a stomach bug and antibiotics fail to work, you knock back a vial of clear liquid. The solution teems with bacteriophages, viruses resembling tiny rocket ships.

Prophylaxis with antibiotics certainly did not prevent ... and all were sensitive to neomycin, bacitracin, nitrofurantoin and novobiocin. Phage typing indicated the presence of an unusually ...

Sulfa drugs are synthetic (man-made) medications made from sulfanilamide that contain antibacterial properties. Sulfa drugs were the first class of antibiotics ever discovered. However, many other ...

Antibiotics are a major tool in treating illnesses caused by bacteria, but like any tool, they should be used appropriately. If they are not, the tool may not work when we really need it. The Centers ...