Maintaining good oral health helps to prevent dental infections. If you develop pain or swelling in your mouth, call a ...

A recurrence of C. diff is common after an initial episode, with about 20% of people having a recurrence. A recurrence is ...

Dentists wrote more than 2.3 million prescriptions last year for an antibiotic called clindamycin, whose label has carried a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . As I head into my 25th year of working as a clinical infectious diseases pharmacist, one of the most important ...

A new study on Clostridioides difficile infections finds that choosing an alternative antibiotic for high-risk patients with pneumonia can reduce infection risk. C. diff infections can be deadly, and ...

Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing around the time of surgery and long-term prescribing in aged care are among a mixed bag ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Of 363 patients without early failure, 16.5% had 6 weeks or fewer and 83.5% had more than 6 weeks of antibiotics ...

New research suggests oral cephalosporins may be a safer alternative to fluoroquinolones for treating kidney infections like pyelonephritis.

Antibiotics are medical marvels that have transformed once deadly bacterial infections into manageable conditions. But with a ...