Use of a broad-spectrum antibiotic when a narrow-spectrum agent would suffice Excessive duration of therapy Intravenous therapy when oral therapy would be equally effective Combination therapy when a single antibiotic would suffice Failure to change antibiotics when the antibiograms become available ...
What is the most common non-contagious disease? What are the most common antibiotic resistant diseases? What is the most common type of viral disease? What causes chlamydia bacterial infections? What is acute bacterial infection? What type of organism causes trichomoniasis?
Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common type of skin cancer in the U.S. BCC grows in the upper basal cells of your skin but rarely spreads and is curable. You may be prone to BCCs if you spend lots of time in the sun or use a tanning bed frequently. Growths commonly occur...
New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) is the most prevalent type of metallo-β-lactamase and hydrolyzes almost all clinically used β-lactam antibiotics. Here we show that the antimicrobial peptide thanatin disrupts the outer membrane of NDM-1-produci
The most common bacterial cause of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), a serious lung disease, is Streptococcus pneumoniae. Other infection types can include ear and sinus infections, meningitis, bone and bloodstream infections. Drug-resistance to Streptococcus pneumoniae depends upon the area in ...
Thus, rule-out sepsis is not a diagnosis, and culture-negative sepsis is most likely often a wrong diagnosis. In the recent literature, the EOS-calculator has been the most discussed approach to reduce antibiotic therapy for suspected EOS in late preterm and term infants48. The EOS-calculator...
The most common causes of macrocytic anemia include: Vitamin B12 deficiency Folate deficiency Even though the patient takes adequatevitaminsthroughdiet, they may not be absorbed well by the intestinesdue to certain conditions, such as: Addictiontoalcoholfor a long time ...
Most of the antibiotic classes we use as medicines today were discovered and introduced to the market. Each class typically contains several antibiotics that have been discovered over time or are modified versions of previous types.There are for example numerous β-lactams (pronounced beta-lacta...
1. Respiratory tract infection (40.9%), mechanical injury/wound (27%) and acute diarrhea (19.1%) were the three most common disease conditions to which antibiotics had been taken. More than half of the respondents (53%) got antibiotics from community drug retail outlets without a prescription ...
What causes the common cold? What factor determines the antibiotic prescribed for pneumonia? Name the causative organism of pneumonia. What is the treatment for pneumonia for a person that is immunocompromised? What other respiratory illnesses mimic whooping cough?