Otonomy completes enrolment in Phase II trial of AuriPro in paediatric patients with AOMT
US-based biopharmaceutical firm Otonomy has completed enrolment in a Phase II clinical trial of AuriPro, a sustained-exposure formulation of the antibiotic ciprofloxacin, to treat paediatric patients with acute otitis media with tympanostomy tubes (A… (Source: Drug Development Technology)
Source: Drug Development Technology - May 10, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Transmission of Shigella sonnei Resistant to CiprofloxacinTransmission of Shigella sonnei Resistant to Ciprofloxacin
Although ciprofloxacin is the first-line treatment for adults with shigellosis, a new strain has recently been identified which shows resistance to this antibiotic. Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - April 20, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health & Prevention Journal Article 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 - April 13, 2015 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Multidrug-resistant shigellosis spreading in the United States
International travelers are bringing a multidrug-resistant intestinal illness to the United States and spreading it to others who have not traveled, according to a new report. Shigella sonnei bacteria resistant to the antibiotic ciprofloxacin sickened 243 people in 32 states and Puerto Rico between May 2014 and February 2015. Research by the CDC found that the drug-resistant illness was being repeatedly introduced as ill travelers returned and was then infecting other people in a series of outbreaks around the country. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - April 7, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
World Health Day 2015: How Scientists Track Food Poisoning
Last week’s post on antibiotic resistance in the environment, promoted by herbicides and spread by dust storms from factory farms is a good segue into this week’s observance of the World Health Organization’s Safe Food Day. We also just had news of an outbreak of antibiotic resistant Shigella infections in the U.S., important because the bacteria is unexpectedly resistant to Ciprofloxacin, the oral antibiotic commonly used to treat it, and because it was widespread across the country. Before that there was a Listeria outbreak from ice cream. It seems like there is always something. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - April 7, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Judy Stone Source Type: news
Importation and Domestic Transmission of Shigella sonnei Resistant to Ciprofloxacin — United States, May 2014–February 2015
(Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - April 3, 2015 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Drug Resistant Shigellosis Spreading in U.S.
Shigella sonnei bacteria resistant to the antibiotic ciprofloxacin sickened 243 people in 32 states and Puerto Rico between May 2014 and February 2015. Research by the CDC found that the drug-resistant illness was being repeatedly introduced as ill travelers returned and was then infecting other people in a series of outbreaks around the country. (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - April 3, 2015 Category: Disability Tags: Digestive System Disorders Source Type: news
Travelers Bringing Drug-Resistant Shigella Back Into the USTravelers Bringing Drug-Resistant Shigella Back Into the US
Recent clusters of ciprofloxacin-resistant Shigella sonnei have been identified in the United States that are arriving via infections brought to the country by international travelers. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - April 3, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Increase in Multidrug-Resistant Shigellosis in the U.S. (FREE)
By Cara Adler
Edited by André Sofair, MD, MPH, and William E. Chavey, MD, MS
Ciprofloxacin-resistant shigellosis is being brought into the U.S. by international travelers and spreading domestically, according to an MMWR study.Researchers investigated 243 shigellosis cases in 32 … (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - April 3, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Frequent antibiotic use linked to higher type 2 diabetes risk
Conclusion
This large population-based study found a higher risk of diabetes in people taking between two and five courses of antibiotics over a year before diagnosis. This risk was even higher after more than five courses.
Strengths of the study include its large sample size, direct relevance to the UK, and the accuracy of the data.
Despite the strengths, the study does not prove that antibiotics cause diabetes, as its design cannot prove cause and effect. There are both plausible explanations for how antibiotic use may cause diabetes, and how the development of diabetes may cause more antibiotic use.
For example, pe...
Source: NHS News Feed - March 25, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes Medication Source Type: news
ciprofloxacin, Cipro, Cipro XR, Proquin XR
Title: ciprofloxacin, Cipro, Cipro XR, Proquin XRCategory: MedicationsCreated: 12/31/1997 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 12/12/2014 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Medications General)
Source: MedicineNet Medications General - December 12, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Indian State Recalls Pills Linked to Sterilization Deaths
Officials in Chhattisgarh State issued an urgent warning to practitioners to cease distribution of the antibiotic ciprofloxacin after at least 15 deaths were linked to contaminated pills. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - November 14, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By SUHASINI RAJ and ELLEN BARRY Tags: Poisoning and Poisons Surgery and Surgeons Sterilization (Biological) Antibiotics Google Inc GOOGL NASDAQ Chhattisgarh (India) Source Type: news
Antibiotic resistance continues to rise
"Antibiotic resistance continues to rise," BBC News reports as, despite warnings, the number of antibiotic prescriptions in the UK continues to soar, as do new cases of resistant bacteria.
Other news reports take different slants on the story, with The Daily Telegraph blaming the rise on hospitals and out of hours GPs.
The news follows the publication of a new report by Public Health England on the English surveillance programme for antimicrobial utilisation and resistance (ESPAUR), which reports the change in antibiotic prescribing and resistance over recent years.
The report highlights a number of key f...
Source: NHS News Feed - October 10, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medical practice Medication QA articles Source Type: news
Evidence Linking Some Fluoroquinolones to Uveitis GrowsEvidence Linking Some Fluoroquinolones to Uveitis Grows
Moxifloxacin or ciprofloxacin appear to increase the risk for uveitis; levofloxacin less so. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - October 7, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Internal Medicine News Source Type: news
Determination of Antimicrobial Resistance in Salmonella spp.
Infections with Salmonella are an important public health problem worldwide. Salmonella are one of the most common causes of food-borne illness in humans. There are many types of Salmonella but they can be divided into two broad categories: those that cause typhoid and those that do not. The typhoidal Salmonella (TS), such as S. enterica subsp. enterica serovars Typhi and S. Paratyphi only colonize humans and are usually acquired by the consumption of food or water contaminated with human fecal material. The much broader group of non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) usually results from improperly handled food that has been cont...
Source: Springer protocols feed by Infectious Diseases - September 25, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
