The American Academy of Dermatology updated its 2016 guidelines for the management of acne vulgaris. The updated guidelines include 18 evidence-based recommendations and five good practice statements.
This COVID-19 roundup includes coverage of the FDA’s recent approval of bivalent booster vaccines for younger age groups, the use of COVID-19 PrEP and associated risk for the virus, an increase of...
Antibiotic resistance is a growing concern for health care providers in the United States. Researchers examined the prescription practices of antibiotics by health care providers within various patient...
In this week’s COVID-19 roundup, coverage includes the pandemic’s impact on antimicrobial resistance, the persistence of COVID-19 symptoms following infection, a potential treatment for respiratory viruses,...
Triple therapy has been the gold standard for treatment of H pylori infection for several years. New research casts light on whether that standard should change.
In a new report, researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have detailed their findings regarding the presence of treatment-resistant bacteria in the US, and their efforts to limit the...
Although surgical antibiotic prophylaxis lowers the risk of overall infection, whether it affects risk for antibiotic-resistant infections is not fully understood.
In an attempt to combat the development of bacterial resistance, researchers have reengineered a key antibiotic with 3 independent mechanisms of action.
Inappropriate antibiotic use is a contributing factor to rising antibiotic resistance rates. A recent study examined trends in antibiotic prescriptions for acute respiratory tract infections to determine if...
The World Health Organization released its first ever report identifying 12 antibiotic-resistant bacteria that pose the greatest threat to human health.
