Antibiotics caused unwanted effects such as diarrhoea, vomiting and rash. It is difficult to balance the small benefits against the small harms of antibiotics in children with AOM. However, for most ...

If the infection does not begin to respond to hydration and IV antibiotics after 48 hours, surgical incision and drainage of the salivary gland may be necessary to control the infection. If salivary ...

C reactive protein (CRP), a marker for the presence of an inflammatory process, is the most extensively studied marker for distinguishing bacterial from non-bacterial infections in febrile patients. A ...

Key messages – Medicine that kills bacteria (antibiotics) may result in unsuccessful treatment of symptoms for a few people. – Antibiotics may reduce wound infection but increase time spent at the ...

Antibiotics are effective medicines that improve human and animal health and are widely used in medical and aquaculture. (1,2) The two common antibiotics amoxicillin (AMX) and cephalexin (CEX) are ...

Antibiotics are supposed to wipe out bacteria, yet the drugs can sometimes hand microbes an unexpected advantage. A new study from Rutgers Health shows that ciprofloxacin, a staple treatment for ...