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Infections: Antibiotics
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Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C., today announced that the investigational antibiotic ceftobiprole was as effective as commonly used combination therapy in treating patients with complicated skin infections caused by a broad spectrum of bacteria. Ceftobiprole ... was found to clinically cure more than 90% of patients who had infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), including patients with complicated skin infections due to PVL- positive methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA).
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According to Scott Dowell, a medical epidemiologist at the Respiratory Diseases Branch of the Center for Disease Control (CDC), overtreatment of ear infections has been a big contributor. About one third of ear infections are asymptomatic and happen to get diagnosed during well baby checkups. "One of the important steps in using antibiotics more wisely is not to treat those kids," Dowell said.
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Although once limited to hospitals, nursing homes, and other healthcare facilities, MRSA infections are now very common among healthy children and adults in the community. Your pediatrician will likely suspect that an infection, such as a leg abscess, is caused by MRSA if it isn't improving with routine antibiotics. In that case, the abscess may need to be drained or the would need to be changed to a stronger or different antibiotic to treat the infection.
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Prostate infections (chronic bacterial prostatitis) are harder to cure because antibiotics are unable to penetrate infected prostate tissue effectively. For this reason, men with prostatitis often need long-term treatment with a carefully selected antibiotic. UTIs in older men are frequently associated with acute bacterial prostatitis, which can have serious consequences if not treated urgently.
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The diagnosis of most skin infections is made by the pattern of symptoms and physical exam findings. However, it is not usually possible to know whether the infection is caused by the staph bacteria or another bacteria, like group A Beta-hemolytic streptococcus (Streptococcus pyogenes). And in many cases, it doesn't matter, as the antibiotic your child is prescribed will likely treat both bacteria.
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Enteric infections require fluid replacement with solutions containing appropriate electrolytes. Antimicrobials known to be useful in cases of traveler's diarrhea include doxycycline, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMZ), fluoroquinolones, and rifaxan. They shorten the duration of diarrhea by 24-36 h. Antibiotics are not useful in EHEC infection and may predispose to development of HUS. Antimotility agents are contraindicated in children and in persons with EIEC infection.
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