Have a cold? Fever? Sinus infection? Your primary-care provider might not give you a prescription for an antibiotic. Here's ...

Guidelines and performance measures for antibiotic prescribing for acute cough/acute bronchitis presume that visits are simple and decision-making is straightforward. In this retrospective chart ...

“The color of the mucus does not necessarily dictate that we need to start them on antibiotics. It really is whether or not they meet the criteria for a sinus infection. If it’s been 10 days or longer ...

New tactics in controlling infection are sorely needed, with antibiotic-resistant bacteria expected to claim as many as 2 million lives each year by 2050. US and Spanish researchers have now ...

Dr. Tichenor is an allergist and internist in private practice in New York specializing in the treatment of sinusitis. He is an Instructor in Medicine at New York Medical College and is an ...

With antibiotic resistance on the rise, new drugs are needed to treat a range of infections. But the economics of antibiotics are challenging. Usually, they only require a short course of treatment ...

Antibiotics are for bacterial infections only. This includes infections such as bloodstream infections, skin abscess/impetigo, bacterial pneumonia, urinary tract infections, streptococcal pharyngitis ...