Amid a surge in drug-resistant bacteria, researchers believe they have discovered a new class of antibiotics for the first ...

If you deal with recurrent UTIs, a new FDA-approved antibiotic called Blujepa could offer another treatment option—especially ...

Key TakeawaysBlujepa (gepotidacin) is the first new antibiotic class approved in nearly 30 years, providing a crucial ...

When it comes to antibiotic stewardship and clinical care, Brad Spellberg, MD, just wants to see the data.

What does this mean for us humans, who have to fight with these new antibiotic resistant strains? Now, say that a few days after your initial infection with S. aureus, you decide to go to the ...

The USDA specifically says it never authorizes the use of "antibiotic-free," so this claim has no clear or consistent meaning in the marketplace and should not appear on packaging. This is not a ...

The mean (SD) number of infection episodes from birth to 3 years ... 1.02-1.08; P <.001) and systemic antibiotic use (aIRR, 1.02; 95% CI, 1.01-1.04; P <.001). Stratified by high vs low overall ...

Increased antibiotic use can lead, seemingly paradoxically, to more problematic infections, as the bacteria evolve to resist the treatment. The answer to this antimicrobial resistance, which the ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a new type of antibiotic to treat urinary tract infections. The pill, gepotidacin, will be sold under the brand name Blujepa and is expected to be ...

Biofilms work so well, in fact, that they can increase antibiotic resistance hundreds to thousands of times above what’s normal, Zaman said. “Biofilms are pretty nasty to get off because they ...

In a startling discovery, a team of Boston University researchers found that bacteria exposed to microplastics became resistant to multiple types of antibiotics commonly used to treat infections.