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
Summary. Since the initial 1996 American Thoracic Society (ATS) guideline on nosocomial pneumonia, a number of new developments have appeared, mandating a new evidence-based guideline for hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP), including healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). This document, prepared by a joint committee of the ATS and Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), focuses [...]
Tags: Antibiotics, guidelines, HAP, HCAP, MDR, MRSA, Pneumonia, Pseudomonas, VAP