CDC Sounds Alarm on Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria; Report Cites Overuse of Antibiotics as Key to the Life-Threatening ProblemThompson, Dennis
(HealthDay) -- With options shrinking to a single antibiotic that can fight resistant strains of gonorrhea, U.S. health authorities issued revised guidelines for treating the sexually transmitted bacteria on Thursday. The U.S.Centers for Disease Control and Preventionnow recommends that the injectabl...
The CDC has expressed concern for decades about the inappropriate prescription and overuse of antibiotics. Broad-based use for off-label indications has contributed to the emergence of drug-resistant bacteria and a decline in the potency of the pharmacopeia of antibacterial drugs for effectively treatin...
The walk in clinic gave my husband a couple days of antibiotic. One week later he got horrible knee pain and could barely walk. My husbands Lyme test was negative but luckily I had the tick tested by the DEP and found it was positive. I had to fight with my husbands doctor for the ...
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CDC ESTIMATE ; Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Kill 23,000ATLANTA - For the first time, the government is estimating howmany people die from...Stobbe, Mike
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The article reveals that more than two million people in the U.S. get antibiotic-resistant infections and 23,000 die as a result, according to a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).EBSCO_AspPharmacy Times...
Gonorrhea resistant to all but one antibiotic: CDC; agency issues new guidelines: Rocephin should be first-line treatment.Gardner, Amanda
Adaption of SHEA/CDC Guidelines for Surveillance Cultures of Antibiotic Resistant Organisms within a 22 Hospital System in North AmericaISSUE: Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) with bacteria resistant to antibiotics, such as methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin resistant ...