They do not treat viral infections e. When CLEOCIN HCl is prescribed to treat a bacterial infection, patients should be told that although it is common to feel better early in the course of therapy, ...

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 1 – In the first study to directly compare the emergence of antibiotic resistance following topical treatment between two antibiotics routinely prescribed for a common vaginal ...

Outpatients with uncomplicated skin infections who took clindamycin or a trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole combination (TMP-SMX) experienced similar benefits and risks, leading the research team to ...

(Reuters Health) - More than three-quarters of antibiotic prescriptions written by dentists before dental procedures are unnecessary and might do more harm than good, a new U.S. study found. Dentists ...

Patients needing an antibiotic for a wide variety of bacterial infections will soon have a new generic treatment. The Food and Drug Administration has given its blessing to Glenmark for clindamycin ...

Medical experts testifying for the defense in a military hearing yesterday challenged prosecutors' assertions that a Walter Reed physician killed a 16-year-old patient by administering an antibiotic ...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterial scourge. As its name suggests, MRSA is resistant to most common antibiotics and thus difficult to treat, particularly in children ...

Cresomycin—a new antibiotic drug candidate designed to bind tightly to bacterial ribosomes—appears to sidestep a common mechanism bacteria use to gain the upper hand against antimicrobial compounds.