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Pets Are Passing Drug-Resistant 'Superbugs' to Their Owners

MONDAY, April 15, 2024 – Dogs and cats can pass antibiotic-resistant bacteria to their owners, raising concerns that household pets could be contributing to the world’s antibiotics crisis, a new s...

Barbers Can Partner With Dermatologists to Augment Pseudofolliculitis Barbae Care

MONDAY, Dec. 11, 2023 – An educational intervention targeted at barbers substantially increases knowledge regarding the causes, prevention, and treatment of pseudofolliculitis barbae (PFB),...

Ceftobiprole Noninferior to Daptomycin for Complicated Staph Infection

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 4, 2023 – For patients with complicated Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia, ceftobiprole is noninferior to daptomycin for overall treatment success, according to a study published...

Germs Love Two Skin 'Hot Spots' on Your Body

MONDAY, Oct. 2, 2023 – Grandma knew it all along: Certain places on the body are "hot spots" for unhealthy microbes. That notion — which the authors of a new study dubbed “the grandma hypothesis,” af...

Flesh-Eating Bacteria Kills Three People in Connecticut, New York

THURSDAY, Aug. 17, 2023 – Public health officials are warning people about the risks of flesh-eating bacterial infections and how to avoid them after the deaths of three older adults on the...

Flesh-Eating Bacteria Kills 3 People in Connecticut, New York

THURSDAY, Aug. 17, 2023 – Public health officials are warning people about the risks of flesh-eating bacterial infections and how to avoid them after the deaths of three older adults on the...

Eosinophilic Cellulitis Seems to Be Type 2 Inflammatory Disease

WEDNESDAY, June 21, 2023 – Eosinophilic cellulitis seems to be a type 2 inflammatory disease, with preferential activation of the Janus kinase (JAK)1/JAK2-signal transducer and activator of...

New Hope Against Painful Skin Issues Caused by Cancer Radiation Therapy

MONDAY, May 8, 2023 – When Ann Alexander underwent chemotherapy to treat breast cancer a decade ago, she was warned about potential hair loss, nausea and vomiting. The 73-year-old wasn’t, however, t...

FDA Medwatch Alert: CUBICIN (daptomycin for injection) 500 mg in 10 mL Single Use Vials: Recall - Foreign Particulate Matter

ISSUE: Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.is voluntarily recalling nine lots of CUBICIN (daptomycin for injection) to the user level following complaints of foreign particulate matter in reconstituted...

FDA Approves Orbactiv (oritavancin) to Treat Skin and Skin Structure Infections

August 6, 2014 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Orbactiv (oritavancin), a new antibacterial drug to treat adults with skin infections. Orbactiv is approved to treat patients...

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