Acute otitis media (AOM) is one of the most common diseases in childhood for which antibiotics are commonly prescribed; a systematic review reported a pooled prevalence of 85.6% in high-income ...

Salivary Gland Infection: Treatment Hydration and intravenous antibiotics may be necessary to keep a salivary gland infection from spreading to the deep tissues of the head and neck or to the ...

The China-Hong Kong team has successfully inserted newly developed microrobots into animal sinuses during preclinical trials to treat bacterial infections.

What did we want to find out? We wanted to find out if antibiotics improve the pain and swelling reported by adults with toothache caused by symptomatic apical periodontitis or apical abscess. We were ...

Topical agents including the OTC antimicrobials or combinations have been shown to be effective in prevention of infection in minor wounds, and with increasing MRSA infections it is a concern as ...

Transfer of neonates from one NICU to another may also transfer MRSA. Is your institution using proper infection control procedures?

When MRSA infects a diaper rash, it can lead to more serious skin irritation and infection than a typical rash. MRSA can cause a rash, but this appears differently from a normal diaper rash.

Objectives To investigate if use of antibiotics was associated with bacterial complications following upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs). Design Ecological time-trend analysis and a ...

A major cause of hospital-acquired infections, the super bacteria Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), not only exhibits strong resistance to existing antibiotics but also forms a dense ...

An international study has, for the first time, revealed a strong and direct link between the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and universal disinfection procedures applied to patients in ...