Antibiotics can be used to treat a litany of illnesses, but one thing they can’t combat is a viral infection. “Researchers and physicians have started to recognize that a lot of mild pneumonia in ...

Bacterial pneumonia is most commonly caused by a bacteria called Streptococcus pneumoniae which accounts for around 50% of cases. Other common causes include Haemophilus influenzae, Chlamydia ...

The treatment of hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia has traditionally been with intravenous antibiotics. The administration of intravenous antibiotics for community-acquired ...

Mo Yin. More information: Yiying Cai et al, Cost-effectiveness of a short-course antibiotic treatment strategy for the treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia: an economic analysis of the ...

Have a cold? Fever? Sinus infection? Your primary-care provider might not give you a prescription for an antibiotic. Here's ...

Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2011;9(11):993-1000. † Endotracheally instilled (ET) therapy alone vs intravenous therapy alone. ‡ ET sisomicin vs ET placebo. § Aerosolized tobramycin vs no ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Taking antibiotics during an influenza infection can increases the risk of developing a dangerous bacterial pneumonia, according to recent research. Antibiotics are often ...

Walking, or atypical, pneumonia, is a mild form of pneumonia that often resembles a cold. You may not have a high fever and ...

Feel free to experiment to find out which approach works best in your case. Again, consult your doctor if your symptoms worsen or don't improve. In contrast to many of the other ingredients in ...

Oysters are constantly filtering bacteria from the water, so they are a good place to look for potential antibiotics.’ ...