"Right now lots of people are coming to the hospital with respiratory tract infections and we don't know whether it's viral ...

The deadly symptoms of pneumonia have been spelled out by an NHS doctor following the sad death of Taiwanese actress Barbie ...

First-line antibiotics for uncomplicated UTI remain more effective than fluoroquinolones and beta-lactams in a retrospective ...

Antibiotics can be used to treat a litany of illnesses, but one thing they can’t combat is a viral infection.

Oysters are constantly filtering bacteria from the water, so they are a good place to look for potential antibiotics.’ ...

Antibiotic overuse is a key driver in the rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a major global health crisis. Researchers ...

Antibiotic overuse is a key driver in the rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a major global health crisis. Researchers have provided compelling evidence that short-course antibiotic treatments ...

The treatment of hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia has traditionally been with intravenous antibiotics. The administration of intravenous antibiotics for community-acquired ...

In a new study published in the journal The Lancet, researchers have explored the possibility of treating acute, non-perforated appendicitis in children with antibiotics instead of surgery.

Pneumonia is an infectious lung disease. It can affect people of all age groups. Pneumonia in babies can be fatal. The disease attacks the respiratory system, mainly the lungs, thereby causing ...

For now, an alternative approach to uncomplicated appendicitis in LMICs might be to first treat children with antibiotics while they travel to a qualified centre for safe, definitive surgery.

The study is part of the 'Biomarker-guided duration of Antibiotic Treatment in Children Hospitalised with confirmed or suspected bacterial infection' (BATCH) trial - a national research trial to ...