A deep learning model trained to predict antibiotics based on structure has identified a powerful new antibiotic compound, Halicin, according to study results published in Cell.
For adults with exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, antibiotics and systemic corticosteroids are associated with less treatment failure.
Compared with patients prescribed only an antiviral, patients who are prescribed both an antiviral and antibiotic have a lower risk for 3-day respiratory hospitalization.
One in three children are prescribed antibiotics at children’s hospitals, and 25.9 percent prescribed antibiotics for infectious use are receiving at least one suboptimal antibiotic.
Large proportions of antibiotic prescriptions for Medicaid patients are filled without evidence of infection-related diagnoses or clinician visits, according to a report published in Health Affairs.
In women from 2 independent ethnic groups relocating from Thailand to the United States, investigators found a rapid increase in gut microbiome antibiotic resistance genes richness and abundance.
Researchers aimed to determine the association of antibiotic usage and rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis and flares.
Many older adults do not follow instructions related to antibiotic use, according to a report published based on the results of the University of Michigan National Poll on Healthy Aging.
The researchers concluded that the use of oral antibiotics was associated with colorectal cancer, but the effect size and pattern of risk varied by anatomical location in the colorectum.
A new scoring system for Drug Resistance in Pneumonia (DRIP) has demonstrated efficacy in improving pneumonia-related prescription trends, including a significant drop in broad-spectrum antibiotic prescriptions.
