Archive for November, 2008

Erysipelas

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

Erysipelas is a skin infection typically caused by group A beta-hemolytic streptococci, although other streptococcal groups are occasionally causative agents. Infection involves the dermis and lymphatics and is a more superficial subcu…

Business Wire - Sepracor Inc. Announces Appointment of Lisa Ricciardi as Board Member

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

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Antibiotic Resistance and Generic Competition Impede Antibiotics Market - Drug Sales to Move at Sluggish Pace to Reach $30 Billion by 2010, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Owing to antibiotic resistance and generic competition, the global antibiotics market is forecast to witness lackluster growth and reach US$30 billion by 2010. Although, major antibiotic drug classes are witnessing tepid and/or declining growth,…

Antibiotics Used in the Treatment of Pneumonia

Monday, November 17th, 2008

There are available dozens of antibiotics to treat pneumonia in or out the hospital, sometimes is hard even for the physician to select the best drug. To determine which is the antibiotic that suits best the physician has to determine th…

FDA releases a Follow-up to the November 14, 2007, Communication about the Ongoing Safety Review of Cefepime (marketed as Maxipime)

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

Update of Safety Review
Follow-up to the November 14, 2007, Communication about
the Ongoing
Safety Review of Cefepime (marketed as Maxipime)

This information reflects FDAs current analysis of
available dat…

Ways Of Preventing Urinary Tract Infection

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

Lyme disease is an inflammatory disease spread through a tick bite. Lyme disease is an infection caused by bacteria spirochete. The disease is carried by deer ticks and western black-legged ticks (found mostly on the Pacific Coast). These ticks can spread the disease to animals and humans through ti…

Ringworm- How to get rid of it?

Monday, November 10th, 2008

Lyme Disease Overview

Lyme disease, sometimes referred to as Lyme infection, is a bacterial illness, transmitted to humans by the bite of deer ticks (Ixodes ticks) carrying a bacterium known as Borrelia burgdorferi. The disease …

Emerging Infectious Diseases - Ceftriaxone-resistant Salmonella enterica serotype Newport, France

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

The multidrug-resistant (MDR) Salmonella enterica serotype Newport strain that produces CMY-2 [beta]-lactamase (Newport MDR-AmpC) was the source of sporadic cases and outbreaks in humans in France during 2000-2005. Because this strain was not detected i…