The multidrug antibiotic regimen for the treatment of paucibacillary and multibacillary leprosy seemed to show better clinical improvement of lesions compared with rifampin, ofloxacin, and minocycline and other treatment.
A study on pediatric antibiotic sensitivities and allergies provided information particularly relevant to pediatric, family practice, and infectious disease practices.
Treatment with cotrimoxazole in infants exposed to HIV but uninfected (HEU) increases resistance gene prevalence and α-diversity and decreases microbial taxonomic, functional pathway, and resistance gene β-diversity.
Failure to adopt updated antimicrobial susceptibility testing breakpoints may lead to reports of false susceptibility for antimicrobials commonly used to treat Gram-negative infections and preclude recognition of CRE.
For patients with pharyngotonsillitis caused by group A streptococci, treatment with penicillin V four times a day for 5 days was comparable with penicillin V three times a day for 10 days
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.
