Patients then received 30 mg/kg azithromycin as a single oral dose. Children who vomited within 30 min of dosing were redosed. In cases of therapeutic failure or relapse, ...

Conclusion. Results of the single dose azithromycin trials reviewed here demonstrate that this regimen is safe and effective and results in excellent compliance in children with uncomplicated AOM.

Nigeria’s health sector recorded new concerns around disease outbreaks, healthcare access, and workforce stability ...

Last year, following an outbreak the state had not seen in years, Kentucky ultimately reported 543 cases of whopping cough.

Over 16,000 people were infected with the potentially fatal disease last year as the parasite spread beyond rural areas.

Health registries have become an increasingly powerful tool to document outcomes for particular populations, and are usually grouped around a single disease, procedure, or medication.1 Although health ...

Garriga-Grimau L et al. First results from the international paediatric bronchiectasis registry (Child-BEAR-Net Registry) ...

The study, known as Safety and Antimicrobial Resistance of Mass Administration of Azithromycin Among Children (SARMAAN), was initiated in line with the World Health Organization’s 2022 guidelines.

When azithromycin is prescribed for sinusitis, it is often prescribed as a "Z-pak," a five-day course of azithromycin which many patients find convenient. While the Infectious Diseases Society of ...

The primary outcome was the prevalence of S pneumoniae macrolide resistance in azithromycin- and placebo-treated clusters at baseline, 6 months post-MDA, and 3.5 years post-MDA. Of the 924 children ...

The FDA has approved Gamifant as the first-ever treatment for macrophage activation syndrome in Still’s disease for adults ...

Many parents have heard of probiotics — those “good bacteria” that help with gut health. But are probiotics safe for kids?