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Investigating Interventions to Reduce Unsafe Use of Antibiotics
Unsafe antibiotic use includes using antibiotics without a prescription, which could mean using another person’s medication ...
Engineered antibiotic D22 shows promise against drug-resistant bacteria
Antibacterial drugs are important for treating infections. But increasingly, bacterial resistance to current drugs—so they ...
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Study projects global antibiotic use to rise by over 50% by 2030
A study reveals a 20.9% rise in global antibiotic use from 2016 to 2023, with middle-income countries leading the increase ...
Study of bloodstream infection reveals long courses of antibiotics in hospital may not be required
An international clinical trial of more than 3,600 patients in 74 hospitals, and involving Monash University researchers, has ...
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Parkinson's drug changes the gut microbiome for the worse due to iron deficiency
In a groundbreaking new study scientists have revealed that the widely prescribed Parkinson's disease drug entacapone significantly disrupts the human gut microbiome by inducing iron deficiency. The ...
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Comparison of Clarithromycin and Amoxicillin/Clavulanic Acid for Community-Acquired Pneumonia in an Era of Drug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae
Objective: To compare the safety and efficacy of clarithromycin and amoxicillin/clavulanic acid in patients with community-acquired pneumonia due to penicillin ...