Antibiotics for pneumonia include Zithromax (azithromycin), Biaxin (clarithromycin), and Erythrocin (erythromycin). Azithromycin is often the first-line treatment since it is effective against ...

Bacterial pneumonia, which is the most common type, is caused by bacteria, which means that it is easily treated with an antibiotic. For many patients, treating pneumonia with an antibiotic will ...

A study in The Annals of Family Medicine explored how chest X-ray results influence antibiotic initiation by general practitioners in France when managing patients with suspected pneumonia.

Multiple evidence-based practice guidelines support the concept that hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) should be treated with an empiric antibiotic regimen that treats ...

A large observational study provides evidence that antibiotics provide no benefit for patients hospitalized with nonsevere ...

The cause of the disease also determines whether pneumonia is contagious or not. The viral forms of it that are most ...

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 ...

Efforts to reduce child mortality in Africa via mass treatment with the antibiotic azithromycin (AZM) may lead to increased ...

Debiopharm initially received funding from CARB-X in 2017 for pre-clinical development of Debio1453, which inhibits an ...

Background The diagnosis and management of pneumonia is often challenging due to its overlapping clinical presentations with ...

The commission noted that the fixed dose combination drug is showing serious adverse reaction in the form of leukopenia, a ...