Monday Sep 22 | DB's Medical Rants
Stick with penicillin or cephalosporins. Macrolides do not treat Fusobacterium necrophorum.
Update on the efficacy and tolerability of meropenem in the treatment ...
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America , Vol.
Treatment of canine pediatric Neospora caninum myositis following...
Abstract A 7-week-old Irish wolfhound was evaluated for an abnormal hind limb gait.
Centers for Disease Control and Preve...
Clindamycin-Resistant Clone of Clostridium difficile PCR Ribotype 027, Europe
Bram Goorhuis, Dennis Bakker, Lorraine Kyne, Renate van den Berg, Lynda Fenelon, Seamus Fanning, and Edward J. Kuijper Author affiliations: University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland ; Leiden University Medical ...
Immune globulin is preferred for postexposure prophylaxis in older or immunocompromised patients Increasing GBS resistance to clindamycin has been reported CDC recommends that clindamycin be used for GBS ...
Better Antibiotics for Second-Line PCP Treatment
A combination of two oral antibiotics is more effective than the commonly used, yet side effect-prone, intravenous pentamidine for people who've failed their first AIDS-related pneumonia regimen, according to ... via POZ
Metronidazole vs clindamycin treatment of anerobic pulmonary...
Metronidazole vs clindamycin treatment of anerobic pulmonary infection. Failure of metronidazole therapy C. A. Perlino Metronidazole has important in vitro bactericidal activity against strict anaerobic ... via Archives Internal Medicine
“TMP-SMX is associated with a favorable outcome of second-line treatment for those failing first-line treatments with regimens other than TMP-SMX.”
By Ronald Baker, PhD Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia is a well-recognized cause of a life-threatening pneumonia in individuals with advanced HIV disease. via HIV and Hepatitis
Column: Antibiotics can bring about diarrhea
Posted: Thursday, March 20, 2008 ; Updated: 8:13 AM on Thursday, March 20, 2008 DEAR DR. via St. Augustine Record
Few need antibiotics before dental work
Dear Dr. Gott: I am 69 years old and in fairly good health. Three years ago, my doctor prescribed clindamycin to be taken before dental procedures. via Monterey County Herald
Inhibition of peptide bond formation by pleuromutilins: the structure ...
Inhibition of peptide bond formation by pleuromutilins: the structure of the 50S ribosomal subunit from Deinococcus radiodurans in complex with tiamulin Molecular Microbiology , Vol. via CiteULike
Euthanasia best solution for cat's disease
Barney has had Clindamycin and Prednisone for one month. I'm told I need to take him to Sarasota for diagnosis and treatment. via News Press
New MRSA Strain Spreading Among Gay Men [Mike the Mad Biologist]
“In addition, the new strain is resistant to mupirocin, which has been advocated for eradicating the strain from carriers.”
The NY Times has an article about the MRSA strain that is spreading rapidly among gay men . via ScienceBlogs
Human lactobacilli as supplementation of clindamycin to patients with ...
The primary objective of this study was to investigate if supplementary lactobacilli treatment could improve the initial cure rate after vaginal clindamycin therapy, and secondly, if lactobacilli as repeated ... via BMC Surgery
CLSI Publishes New Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Standard
The "breakpoints" included in the supplement are defined as specific values on the basis of which bacteria can be assigned to the clinical categories of susceptible, intermediate, or resistant. via PR-inside.com