Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for Oct. 19, 2004
...se is not known, but it is usually treated with an antibiotic and/or a-receptor blocker. An editorial writer says that the study clearly shows that antibiotics aren't useful but notes that some studies have shown improvement if a-receptor blockers are used for extended periods of time, e.g., three to six month...Aviation-style checklist might solve operating room miscommunication: Researchers
...ed 421 communications events, such as requests for antibiotic administration and discussions about patient positioning. Researchers found communications failures occurred in 30 per cent of such exchanges. One-third of these failures, or 10 per cent of the total number of events, resulted in circumstances that c...Bacteria-killing vs. bacteria-inhibiting drugs in treating infections
...eroids be given at the same time as a bactericidal antibiotic for bacterial meningitis. Certain bacteriostatic drugs may be preferable in cases of streptococcal and clostridial gangrene, because they inhibit the production of the toxins that cause much of the morbidity. Some infectious disease physicians wro...Sinusitis, bronchitis account for more than 30 million missed workdays each year
...itis and bronchitis, may require treatment with an antibiotic in order to get better. Appropriate use of antibiotics may also help people get better faster. According to the survey, 69 percent of sinusitis and bronchitis sufferers said they felt better more quickly when they took antibiotics versus over-the-cou...Promise of stem cells amplified
... were able to control the release of GDNF with the antibiotic doxycycline. They lowered GDNF production simply by administering the drug to the animals, and then resumed GDNF production by withdrawing it. They then transplanted the genetically modified astrocytes into the brains of rats that served as animal m...Using over-the-counter drugs to treat upper respiratory infections may save $4.75 billion annually
...by phone and in office, emergency department care, antibiotic use and side effects, hospital admission for compl...ection and hospital admission for complications of antibiotic use. Under baseline assumptions, OTC use was less expensive than non-treatment: $184 per upper resp...Some antibiotic resistance threat in hospitals could yield to hand washing
...hospital infections with bacteria resistant to the antibiotic methicillin can occur even if patients havent been...xposure to antibiotics, says infection control and antibiotic management expert Xiaoyan Song, M.D., M.S., a research associate at Hopkins. So the best way to avoi...Researchers are studying photodynamic therapy
...he scientific community is seeking alternatives to antibiotic treatment, periodontal researchers found that photodynamic therapy (PDT) is advantageous for suppressing anaerobic bacteria that lead to periodontal diseases according to a recent study in the Journal of Periodontology. "Although this study is stil...Infection in ELBW infants linked with poor neurodevelopmental, growth outcomes
...ositive blood cultures requiring 5 days or more of antibiotic treatment; n = 1,922), sepsis and necrotizing enterocolitis (inflammation involving both the small intestine and the colon; n = 279), or meningitis with or without sepsis (n = 193). The majority of ELBW survivors (65 percent) had at least 1 infection...African children with HIV would benefit from daily doses of cheap antibiotic
...k's issue of THE LANCET highlight how the low-cost antibiotic co-trimoxazole should be given to all children with HIV in developing countries to help reduce illness and death from opportunistic infections such as pneumonia. The trial was stopped early when it became obvious that co-trimoxazole treatment nearly ...LA BioMed Medical/Research Briefs December 2004
..., as well as delve into the future implications of antibiotic resistance and nosocomial infections. The conference is titled "Focus on Hospital Associated Infections: Advances in the Management and Control." Conference co-chairman, John Edwards, MD, principal investigator at LA BioMed and Chief of Infectious Di...Antibiotic rifampicin shows promise for fighting Parkinson's disease in lab tests
...fornia, Santa Cruz, have shown that rifampicin, an antibiotic used to treat leprosy and tuberculosis, can prevent the formation of protein fibrils associated with the death of brain cells in people with Parkinson's disease. The drug also dissolved existing fibrils in laboratory tests. The researchers studied t...American Thoracic Socety journal news tips for December 2004 (first issue)
...e a leading cause of disease, hospitalization, and antibiotic use in patients with immunosuppressive and/or chro...ents who did not respond to conventional empirical antibiotic treatment. The study appears in the first issue for December 2004 of the Americana Thoracic Society...Protein 'key' could aid search for cancer drugs
...s to their PCNA, it might be possible to design an antibiotic that plays the bacterial trump card without affecting human cells at all."...Novel antibiotic shows promise in shortening treatment duration of tuberculosis
...nd appears to have better, and more differentiated antibiotic properties than currently used drugs for TB, individually and in combination. R207910 was better at clearing infection from the lungs of mice than the triple cocktail regimen currently recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). Also, cocktai...ZYVOX(R) demonstrates high success rate for patients who develop MRSA surgical site infections
...004 Surgical patients treated with Pfizer's novel antibiotic ZYVOX (linezolid; injection, tablets, and for oral suspension) had a significantly higher rate of microbiologic success (documented or presumed eradication) than those treated with intravenous (IV) vancomycin for surgical site infections (SSIs) cause...Study models impact of anthrax vaccine
...could be beneficial in reducing the length of time antibiotic treatment would be needed. These findings could be...ould be especially helpful in reducing duration of antibiotic treatments."...OTC treatment for acne as good as antibiotics
...ial acne. Facial acne is common among adolescents; antibiotic tablet treatment has been used extensively over the past 40 years. Concerns exist about increasing antibiotic resistance, and few studies have compared the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of different treatment...Study explores antibiotic misuse
...lance sheet has Dr. Wilde, a self-professed foe of antibiotic misuse, regularly lecturing to health care provide...te providers as well as patients on the hazards of antibiotic misuse. The net effect is we are losing the war, says Dr. Wilde, with the spread of antibiotic-re......orne. Bacterial drug resistance due to unnecessary antibiotic usage is a growing problem in health care, according to many experts. "People just have to be more conscious of when to use antibiotics for which infections," said lead author Lee W. Riley, MD, of the University of California-Berkeley. "Sometimes the...