Antibiotics are medications that treat bacterial infections. They achieve this by killing bacteria or slowing their growth. Some common types of antibiotics include penicillin and macrolides. Medical ...

Antibiotics are used to prevent and treat bacterial lung infections in people with cystic fibrosis. The type of antibiotic you receive depends on what type of infection you have or are trying to ...

Dr. Dylan Wyatt, an emergency medicine physician at Aspirus-St. Luke’s, shares the do’s and don’ts of antibiotics. Dr. Dylan: Antibiotics are medications that are used to treat bacterial infections.

Prior to the discovery of antibiotics, infectious diseases were rampant. Communicable diseases were the most common cause of death, and the average lifespan was about 47 years old. However, this ...

Doctors prescribe antibiotics to people who have specific bacterial infections. But not all bacterial infections require antibiotics, and some patients improve without taking antibiotics. But there’s ...

Antibiotics are unnecessary and ineffective against certain types of infections, such as viral or fungal infections. Taking antibiotics when they are not necessary may lead to antibiotic resistance.

Aminoglycosides are antibiotics effective against a wide range of bacteria such as Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa ...

You’ve almost certainly been prescribed antibiotics in your life. Maybe you had a nasty case of strep throat or needed to take precautions after a surgery. But even if you’re used to picking up a ...

Antimicrobial resistance happens when disease-causing microbes such as bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites develop ...

In a university lab, an AI system generated millions of novel molecules to fight drug-resistant infections. And they're ...

— -- Early pregnancy can come with its fair share of challenges: nausea, exhaustion and urinary tract infections (UTIs). About 8 percent of pregnant women get UTIs, and many more are found to ...

The Organization for Safety, Asepsis and Prevention (OSAP) held its annual Infection Control Boot Camp in Atlanta at the beginning of February. For the second year, OSAP dedicated the day preceding ...