Antibiotic-associated diarrhea can cause signs and symptoms that range from mild to severe. Most often, you’ll have only a slight change in the bacteria in your digestive tract, which can cause loose stools or more bowel movements a day than are normal for you.
If you develop these problems, they’re likely to begin about five to [...]
Tags: acute diarrhea, AIDS, Antibiotics, bowel perforation, dehydration, diarrhea, erythromycin, HIV, lactobacillus acidophilus, Probiotics, salmonella, toxic megacolon, vancomycin
Since their invention during the last century, antibiotics have revolutionised healthcare. However, excessive use, over-prescription and the emergence of antibiotic-resistant infections means antibiotics being likened to a lit window in the night that flashes open for just a moment before it shuts again, according to Dr Robert Masterton, executive medical director and consultant microbiologist at [...]
Tags: Antibiotics, ICU, MDR, MRSA, nosocomial infection, surgical infections, taphylococcus aureus
Background and Aims: The emergence of multidrug resistant strains of Gram-negative bacteria, especially the lactose nonfermenters like Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter, in the intensive care units have prompted renewed worldwide interest in the polymyxins. However, perceived nephrotoxicity has been a major vexation limiting their early and regular use in severe sepsis. This study was conducted to [...]
Tags: Acute renal failure, Gram-negative organisms, multidrug resistant, polymyxin B, severe sepsis and septic shock
ABSTRACT
Case report: We describe a case of a 74-year-old
woman who experienced visual hallucinations after
ciprofloxacin administration, when she was also
taking theophylline, which resolved on cessation of
the ciprofloxacin.
Discussion: Although uncommon, all ophthalmologists
should be aware of this potential problem and
be familiar with the adverse visual effects which
may occur in patients simultaneously administered
quinolones and theophylline (Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol
2007; [...]
Tags: ciprofloxacin, Quinolones, simultaneous treatments, theophylline, visual hallucinations