Targeting antibiotics to sinus infections avoids resistance: study
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CHICAGO - Prescribing antibiotics to patients with chronic sinus infections doesn&#39;t necessarily cause them to develop resistance to the drugs, a new study suggests.
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Family doctors need to make it clear to patients that antibiotics will not get rid of the common cold, the UK government says.
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Use of the antibiotic Factive should not be expanded to include treatment of acute sinus infections, federal health advisers recommended Tuesday.
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Sanofi-Aventis SA's antibiotic Ketek should no longer be used to treat sinusitis and bronchitis, U.S. officials warned on Monday, saying the controversial drug was too risky to treat those diseases.
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SILVER SPRING, Maryland  - The Sanofi-Aventis antibiotic Ketek is safe enough to stay on the market for treating pneumonia, but regulators should withdraw approval for bronchitis and sinusitis, a U.S. advisory panel said on Friday.
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A vaccine that has dramatically curbed pneumonia and other serious illnesses in children is having an unfortunate effect: promoting new superbugs that cause ear infections
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Giving children antibiotics to ward off repeat urinary tract infections does not prevent the problem from returning and leads to infections that are resistant to the drugs, researchers said on Tuesday.
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Giving Africa&#39;s HIV-positive children a cheap antibiotic could nearly halve the death rate, research shows. The Medical Research Council trial in Zambia was stopped early when it became obvious how effective daily co-trimoxazole treatment was.
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NEW YORK  - An antibiotic-resistant germ is  increasingly causing skin infections and pneumonia in otherwise  healthy children and adults.
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The curative power of yogurt to prevent cases of thrush when taking antibiotics has been debunked by a University of Melbourne researcher.
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The antibiotic, Ketek, should not be sold to patients with sinusitis or bronchitis, a federal advisory panel concluded.
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Treating severe pneumonia in children at home with oral antibiotics works just as well as treating them with intravenous drugs at a hospital as advised by the World Health Organization, scientists said on Thursday.
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Giving children antibiotics to ward off  repeat urinary tract infections does not prevent the problem  from returning and leads to infections that are resistant to  the drugs, researchers said on Tuesday.
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Sinus sufferers bugged by repeat infections fare better if their doctors more accurately target the offending bugs, say Boston researchers.
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Antibiotics could one day be used for more than killing bacteria and may help patients suffering from neurological diseases, scientists said on Wednesday.
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FRIDAY, Sept. 24 (HealthDayNews) -- The oral antibiotic amoxicillin may offer an alternative to injectable penicillin for treating pneumonia in young children in developing countries.
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People with chronic sinus infections don&#39;t have to worry about developing a resistance to antibiotics if the drugs are part of a targeted treatment program.