The use of antibiotics for prophylaxis against infection among women undergoing nonelective cesarean section has become the standard of care in the United States. Many different antibiotics have been used successfully. Single-dose regimens administered after the cord is clamped have proven just as effective as multiple-dose regimens. Although the most frequently used class of antibiotics is the...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Previous research suggests that physicians may be less likely to diagnose otitis media (OM) and to prescribe broad-spectrum antibiotics for black versus nonblack children. Our objective was to determine whether race is associated with differences in OM diagnosis and antibiotic prescribing nationally. METHODS We examined OM visit rates during 2008 to 2010 for children ...

Acne, one of the most common dermatologic conditions seen by dermatologists, is frequently treated with oral antibiotics. As such, dermatologists prescribe more antibiotics than any other specialty, majority which are tetracycline class. This family includes tetracycline, doxycycline, minocycline, and sarecycline. Although linked a similar mechanism action, each agent has unique characteristics...

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE Evidence that bacteria in the human gut may influence nutrient metabolism is accumulating. We investigated whether use of antibiotics influences the risk of developing type 2 diabetes and whether the effect can be attributed to specific types of antibiotics. METHODS We conducted a population-based case-control study of incident type 2 diabetes cases in Denmark (populatio...

The article provides an overview of current publications on the chemical structure, mechanism action and safety macrolide antibiotics. We conducted a search in PubMed Google Scholar databases for scientific articles published from 2010 to 2021. following key words were used: macrolides, antibiotics, erythromycin, clarithromycin, azithromycin, action, adverse drug reactions, toxicity. Macrolides...

We report a diagnosis of ecthyma gangrenosum EG in 4 females of mean age 54.8 range 43-64 years, within 10 months. Severe drug reaction treated with high dose systemic corticosteroids in patient one, acute myelocytic leukemia treated with high dose dexamethasone, and multiple broad-spectrum antibiotics in patient 2 preceded the onset of EG. Patients 3 and 4 had vasculitic purpura and hemodialys...

Drug resistant bacteria have been posing a major challenge to the effective control of bacterial infections for quite some time. One of the main causes of antibiotics drug resistance is antibiotic overuse, abuse, and in some cases, misuse, due to incorrect diagnosis. Bacterial antibiotic resistance is a significant issues faced by various industries, including the food and agricultural industri...

Antibiotic resistance has become a critical public health issue due to the overuse and misuse of antibiotics. Despite ongoing efforts develop stronger antibiotics, bacterial continues evolve, leading global crisis. Effective antibiotics are becoming scarce, diseases that were once treatable now uncontrollable. There is need for new solutions preserve current antibiotic arsenal combat resistance...