Cipro vs. Flagyl (Differences between Side Effects and Uses)
Title: Cipro vs. Flagyl (Differences between Side Effects and Uses)Category: MedicationsCreated: 10/3/2017 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 10/3/2017 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Medications General)
Source: MedicineNet Medications General - October 3, 2017 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Potential role of intratumor bacteria in mediating tumor resistance to the chemotherapeutic drug gemcitabine
Growing evidence suggests that microbes can influence the efficacy of cancer therapies. By studying colon cancer models, we found that bacteria can metabolize the chemotherapeutic drug gemcitabine (2',2'-difluorodeoxycytidine) into its inactive form, 2',2'-difluorodeoxyuridine. Metabolism was dependent on the expression of a long isoform of the bacterial enzyme cytidine deaminase (CDDL), seen primarily in Gammaproteobacteria. In a colon cancer mouse model, gemcitabine resistance was induced by intratumor Gammaproteobacteria, dependent on bacterial CDDL expression, and abrogated by cotreatment with the antibiotic ciprofloxa...
Source: ScienceNOW - September 14, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Geller, L. T., Barzily-Rokni, M., Danino, T., Jonas, O. H., Shental, N., Nejman, D., Gavert, N., Zwang, Y., Cooper, Z. A., Shee, K., Thaiss, C. A., Reuben, A., Livny, J., Avraham, R., Frederick, D. T., Ligorio, M., Chatman, K., Johnston, S. E., Mosher, C. Tags: Medicine, Diseases reports Source Type: news
Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride Tablets (New - Discontinuation)
Drug Shortage (Source: FDA Drug Shortages)
Source: FDA Drug Shortages - September 8, 2017 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Aradigm lands NIH grant for inhaled, liposomal products
Aradigm Corp. (NSDQ:ARDM) said today that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the NIH awarded the company a grant to study the treatment of pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacteria infections with Aradigm’s inhaled liposomal ciprofloxacin products, Linhaliq and Lipoquin.
The two-year grant is worth approximately $972,000, according to the Hayward, Calif.-based company.
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Source: Mass Device - August 15, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Sarah Faulkner Tags: Drug-Device Combinations Funding Roundup Pharmaceuticals Respiratory Wall Street Beat Aradigm Corp. Source Type: news
Certain Antibiotics May Increase Risk of Birth Defects
Ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin and other drugs like them should be avoided in pregnancy, a study found. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - July 20, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: NICHOLAS BAKALAR Tags: Pregnancy and Childbirth Antibiotics Babies and Infants Birth Defects Source Type: news
Toothpaste ingredient linked to antibiotic resistance
Conclusion
This study mainly explored why bacterial resistance could be common for both quinolone antibiotics like ciprofloxacin and the antibacterial triclosan.
It confirmed previous findings that one cause seems to be bacteria developing mutations in the gyrA gene.
In the case of quinolones, the mutation alters the enzyme that they normally bind to. Triclosan resistance is largely because the already-mutant bacteria have boosted stress response pathways, or molecular defences.
The main finding of this research was that small triclosan concentrations led to resistant E. coli bacteria becoming the more dominant strains m...
Source: NHS News Feed - July 5, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medication Source Type: news
Rapid Assay Revives Ciprofloxacin Use for Gonorrhea Rapid Assay Revives Ciprofloxacin Use for Gonorrhea
A pharmacogenomics approach identified gonorrhea infections susceptible to ciprofloxacin and allowed physicians to reserve ceftriaxone for resistant cases.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - June 2, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Scientists develop test to identify best treatment for gonorrhea
FINDINGSResearchers from UCLA have developed a laboratory test that helps physicians determine which people with gonorrhea may be more treatable with an antibiotic that has not been recommended since 2007 because of concerns that the resistance to the drug was growing.BACKGROUNDGonorrhea has developed increasing resistance to all current antibiotics. Due to the spread of multi-drug resistant gonorrhea, health authorities have declared it one of the top-three urgent threats to public health.Ciprofloxacin was used to combat the sexually transmitted infection until 2007, when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sto...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - May 23, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
CDC Issues Health Advisory on < i > Shigella < /i >
The CDC has released a Health Alert Network health advisory warning clinicians about emergingShigella strains that show possible reduced susceptibility to ciprofloxacin. (Source: AAFP News)
Source: AAFP News - April 20, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Public Health England (PHE) PGD template for supply of ciprofloxacin (meningoccal disease)
PHE have published this PGD template to support the supply of ciprofloxacin to adults and children for the management of clusters of meningococcal disease, when 2 or more cases are reported in a congregate setting. It is valid from 10 February 2017 until 10 February 2020 (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - February 28, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Cat Scratch Disease
Cat scratch disease is an infection transmitted by cat scratches and bites. The lesion is usually small and less than 1 cm in length. It is normally a benign, self-limiting illness lasting for about 6-12 weeks. It is caused by an exposure to bartonella henselae bacteria.
Scratches or bites from an infected cat can cause symptoms in people including swollen and draining lymph nodes, fever, fatigue and headache. Swollen, tender, or hard lymph nodes could be confused with a soft tissue tumor.
Regional Lymphadenopathy (main clinical feature)
These areas of lymph node concentration include cervical nodes, axillary node...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 2, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Teva's Barr Labs Settles Cipro Antitrust Case for $225 Mln Teva's Barr Labs Settles Cipro Antitrust Case for $225 Mln
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd ' s Barr Laboratories Inc has reached a $225 million settlement in an antitrust class action that accused the drugmaker of keeping a generic version of Bayer AG ' s antibiotic ciprofloxacin (Cipro) off the market, court documents showed.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Pathology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pathology Headlines - January 30, 2017 Category: Pathology Tags: Pathology & Lab Medicine News Source Type: news
Teva's Barr Labs settles Cipro antitrust case for $225 million
(Reuters) - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd's Barr Laboratories Inc has reached a $225 million settlement in an antitrust class action that accused the drugmaker of keeping a generic version of Bayer AG's antibiotic Cipro off the market, court documents showed. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 27, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Cipro I.V. (Ciprofloxacin IV) - updated on RxList
(Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs)
Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs - December 8, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Cetraxal (Ciprofloxacin Otic Solution) - updated on RxList
(Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs)
Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs - December 8, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
