An international team of researchers has discovered saarvienin A, a new type of glycopeptide antibiotic. Their findings introduce a compound with strong activity against highly resistant bacterial ...

Growing public awareness of oral health, expanding access to dental care, and advancements in localized antimicrobial therapies are transforming the ...

Medically reviewed by Anju Goel, MD Gonorrhea is treated with antibiotics. The recommended antibiotic for uncomplicated ...

The increasing prevalence of antibiotic resistance in pathogenic bacteria poses a great healthcare problem worldwide. Azithromycin (AZM) is a very effective macrolide antibiotic to treat many ...

Lincosamides are a class of antibiotics that include just two medications ... either by killing bacteria or by preventing their growth. Examples of common antibiotics include penicillin, azithromycin, ...

HealthDay News — For uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhea, gepotidacin, which inhibits bacterial DNA replication, is noninferior to ceftriaxone plus azithromycin ... Higher rates of adverse events and ...

Piperacillin, an antibiotic in the same class as penicillin, effectively cured mice of Lyme disease at 100-times less than the effective dose of doxycycline, the current gold standard treatment.

MONDAY, April 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- For uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhea, gepotidacin, which inhibits bacterial DNA replication, is noninferior to ceftriaxone plus azithromycin ...

Today, only one oral antibiotic is left: the macrolide, azithromycin. And this medicine might not work for much longer. The 2022 study found mutations that confer resistance to azithromycin are ...

At the same time, cephalosporin resistance was also taking over. Today, only one oral antibiotic is left: the macrolide, azithromycin. And this medicine might not work for much longer. The 2022 study ...

(CNN) — A new type of antibiotic for treatment of urinary ... as an injection paired with orally taking the antibiotic azithromycin. The trial data, which is being presented at the European ...