October 4, 2023
An American’s tongue turned green and hairy due to a rare reaction to cigarette smoking while taking antibiotics. The strange case is described in detail in New England Journal of Medicinestating that an unidentified 64-year-old man went to the doctor a few weeks after his tongue changed color and developed fur. Doctors diagnosed him with
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A new shortage of a type of penicillin crucial to fighting syphilis is worrying infectious disease experts, who warn that a prolonged shortage of the drug could worsen the US STD epidemic. Shortage announced by drug maker Pfizer in a letter last month, includes Bicillin LA, a long-acting injectable antibiotic also known as penicillin G
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The majority of patients admitted to hospitals with acute viral infections even antibiotics by their doctors or health care providers as a precaution against bacterial coinfection. However, the new study suggests that this practice may not improve their survival. Researchers studied the impact of antibiotic use on the survival of more than 2,100 patients at
READ MORE Health officials in Massachusetts says that they found a strain of gonorrhea in two people that showed a reduced response to several antibiotics. Massachusetts Department of State healthcare reported on Thursday. Officials said this is the first time a strain of gonorrhea has been found in the United States that shows resistance or reduced response
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A surge in bacterial infections after countries lifted pandemic restrictions has led to shortages of antibiotics such as penicillin and amoxicillin, highlighting the precarious state of global supply chains. According to Lisa Hedman, head of the WHO Medicines Supply and Access team, of the 35 countries for which WHO collects data, 80 per cent have
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Antibiotic resistance is becoming an increasingly serious problem. My own research shows that when infections are resistant to antibiotics, the risk of complications increases, as does the cost of treating the infection. According to the CDCAntimicrobial resistance is a major public health problem: …killing at least 1.27 million people worldwide and nearly 5 million people
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Europe needs to look for new antibiotics as bacterial resistance grows. It is one of the biggest threats to “global health, food security and development,” according to the World Health Organization. One of the main concerns is the role of the pharmaceutical industry. While the European Commission is currently trying to revise its pharmaceutical legislation,
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