Misusing antibiotics can lead to antibiotic resistance, making infections harder to treat.What you can do: Consult a healthcare provider for instructions on taking antibiotics correctly.The payoff: ...

The bacteria in our gut are believed to be involved in cancer of the large bowel. Exposure to antibiotics, which can affect gut bacteria, might do the same, according to a recent thesis from Umeå ...

In general, physicians have prescribed longer antibiotic courses for CAP, acute bronchitis with COPD, UTI, and cellulitis, said William Callahan, DO, a family medicine physician at Jefferson Health in ...

C. diff, short for Clostridioides difficile (formerly called Clostridum difficile), is a type of bacteria that can cause an infection in your colon, the longest part of your large intestine. In most ...

Antibiotic misinformation matters because unnecessary antibiotic use contributes to antimicrobial resistance and its growing ...

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 ...

Recurrent C. diff infection is when you contract a C. diff infection 2 to 8 weeks after completing treatment for a previous one. C. diff relapse is a recurrence of the same strain, while reinfection ...