Linezolid Nosocomial pneumonia, cSSSI Oral ... MRSA has become a global health problem. New resistance types, such as vancomycin-resistant S. aureus, have been recently developed. Novel ...

Background. The role of oral antibiotic therapy in treating infective endocarditis (IE) is not well established. Methods. We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE and Scopus for studies in which oral ...

The guidelines note that while the quality of evidence for making antimicrobial stewardship programs an essential component of a MRSA prevention program is low, there is a theoretical rationale.

Oral availability means that patients can be discharged ... “With the increasing choice of antimicrobials for the treatment of MRSA it is important that the optimal antibiotic is prescibed for each ...

Two studies today in the New England Journal of Medicine suggest that partial oral antibiotic therapy may be appropriate for certain patients with bone and joint infections and infective endocarditis.

Two classes of commonly prescribed oral antibiotics are associated with the greatest risk for severe drug rashes that can lead to emergency department visits, hospitalizations and even death ...

The new research, led by the University of Sheffield, reveals MRSA has a double defence mechanism against antibiotics - this ...

The more that antibiotics are prescribed, the less effective those chemical substances become. They can lose their beneficial powers when germs have enough time to develop resistance to them. One such ...

Current guidelines recommend that children with acute pyelonephritis are initially treated with a parenteral third-generation cephalosporin such as ceftriaxone, and then oral antibiotics.

MRSA is resistant to multiple antibiotics, and lung infections caused by the bacteria often become long-term. To address this serious problem, the CF Foundation has tracked the number of people with ...

MRSA infections require different medicines and approaches to treatment than other staph infections do. Doctors may prescribe oral antibiotics to help treat a MRSA infection. More severe infections ...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), infections are prevalent among hospitalized people, or those taking antibiotics for long periods. But, of late, MRSA is becoming increasingly ...