Case Western Reserve global health expert urges action to eradicate yaws, tropical disease
(Case Western Reserve University) Half a century ago, a concentrated global effort nearly wiped a disfiguring tropical disease from the face of the earth. Now, says Case Western Reserve's James W. Kazura, M.D., it's time to complete the work. In a perspective column in the Feb.19 New England Journal of Medicine, Kazura responded to a research article that demonstrated positive results from a single oral dose of azithromycin. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - March 19, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Doxycycline May Be Better Choice for Rectal Chlamydia InfectionDoxycycline May Be Better Choice for Rectal Chlamydia Infection
Seven days of doxycycline may be better than a single dose of azithromycin for treating rectal chlamydia infection, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis of eight observational studies. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape ObGyn and Womens Health Headlines)
Source: Medscape ObGyn and Womens Health Headlines - February 20, 2015 Category: OBGYN Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Azithromycin Linked to Pyloric Stenosis Risk in Young Infants Azithromycin Linked to Pyloric Stenosis Risk in Young Infants
Oral azithromycin or erythromycin use may increase risk for infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, particularly with exposure in the first 2 weeks of life, according to a retrospective cohort study. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - February 16, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news
Improving antibiotics to treat staph infections
New information about how antibiotics like azithromycin stop staph infections has been uncovered, including why staph sometimes becomes resistant to drugs. Staphylococcus aureus (familiar to many as the common and sometimes difficult to treat staph infection) is a strain of bacteria that frequently has become resistant to antibiotics, a development that has been challenging for doctors and dangerous for patients with severe infections. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - January 23, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
SLU scientist aims to improve antibiotics to treat staph infections
(Saint Louis University) Saint Louis University's Mee-Ngan F. Yap, Ph.D., discovered new information about how antibiotics like azithromycin stop staph infections, and why staph sometimes becomes resistant to drugs. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 23, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
