Make your antibiotic medication as effective as possible by getting these answers before you leave the doctor's office or pharmacy.

However, amoxicillin may provide better outcomes for certain infections or strains of bacteria. Both amoxicillin and penicillin are available in a variety of dosage forms and strengths. When selecting ...

Addressing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) requires innovation in technology and strategy to combat this global health threat ...

Three clinical trials have examined the efficacy and safety of single dose azithromycin (30 mg/kg) in children with uncomplicated acute otitis media (AOM). In the first trial, a small pilot study ...

Researchers have found in a recent study that administration of a higher dose of cefazolin (3 g instead of 2 g) did not ...

The researchers showed that when curcumin is intentionally given to bacteria as food and then activated by light, it can trigger deleterious reactions within these microbes, eventually killing them.

AbbVie has claimed FDA approval for Emblaveo, a new antibiotic product to treat complicated intra-abdominal infections (cIAI) ...

Drinking alcohol while taking amoxicillin can cause side effects. Although amoxicillin doesn’t directly react with alcohol, amoxicillin can sometimes cause gastrointestinal side effects, such as ...

Texas A&M researchers have found that curcumin, when activated by light, can weaken antibiotic-resistant bacteria, restoring ...

In 2017, a tragic incident unfolded in a Nevada hospital. A woman, admitted for pneumonia, tragically succumbed to multiple ...

It's the first and only such therapy approved to fight antimicrobial resistance, or AMR, in bacterial infections.