Pilot Study Tests Outpatient Drainage for Tubo-Ovarian Abscesses
A pilot study in France found that five selected women with tubo-ovarian abscesses successfully completed an outpatient drainage procedure under ...
Tag: antibiotic therapy
Meta-analysis: Implant retention controls two-thirds of acute hematogenous joint infections
A systematic review of forty-nine studies finds debridement and implant retention resolves acute hematogenous periprosthetic joint infection in sixty-four percent ...
Review Finds Inhaled Antibiotics Offer Limited Benefit in Non-CF Bronchiectasis
A systematic review indicates that antibiotic eradication or suppression treatments provide limited clinical benefits for patients with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis ...
Rare Gradenigo Syndrome With Retropharyngeal Abscess Resolved Rapidly in a 10-Year-Old
A newly published case report describes a 10-year-old girl whose double vision and difficulty swallowing revealed Gradenigo syndrome with a ...
Fluoroquinolone Regimens Linked to Higher Treatment Failure in Human Brucellosis
A meta-analysis of nine studies found fluoroquinolone-based regimens carried a significantly higher risk of therapeutic failure in human brucellosis than ...
Early CRP changes track whether antibiotics work in bacteremia patients
A retrospective Israeli study found that early rises in C-reactive protein were associated with appropriate empiric antibiotic therapy in patients ...
Cattle Farmer’s Arthritis Puzzle Traced to Probable Brucellosis Wearing a Rheumatic Mask
A case report describes a 58-year-old cattle farmer whose seronegative inflammatory arthritis, sicca symptoms and suspected cervical spondylitis were attributed ...
Low-Dose Clindamycin Achieves 82% Two-Year Success Against Prosthetic Joint Infections
A retrospective cohort study found that low-dose clindamycin, alone or with rifampicin, achieved two-year treatment success in about 82 percent ...
Conservative treatment succeeds in child with extensive thyroid abscess
A 2026 case report describes a 9-year-old boy who improved clinically after antibiotics for a multispace thyroid abscess, without surgical ...
Smart Gel Accelerates Healing of Infected Diabetic Wounds
A new thermoresponsive gel containing levofloxacin-loaded nanoparticles and hyaluronic acid significantly accelerates the healing of infected diabetic ulcers in animal ...
Ultrasound-Shaken Implants Reveal Hidden Bone Infection Pathogens
A Dutch study finds that culturing fluid shaken from removed fracture-fixation hardware by ultrasound detects pathogens missed by tissue cultures, ...
When Cultures Come Back Negative: Joint Infection Outcomes Are Better Than Feared
A systematic review of 27 studies and nearly 1,400 patients finds that culture-negative periprosthetic joint infection can achieve favorable outcomes, ...
Shorter High-Dose Antibiotic Course for Buruli Ulcer Shows Promise but Falls Short in Ghana Trial
A Ghanaian randomized trial found that a four-week high-dose rifampicin and clarithromycin regimen was well tolerated for Buruli ulcer but ...
Shaking Loose Hidden Bacteria: Implant Sonication Boosts Detection of Bone Infections
A German cohort study of 157 patients shows that combining implant sonication with peri-implant tissue culture raises pathogen detection in ...
Understanding Blood Metabolome Differences in Preterm Infants
A recent study published in Biol Sex Differ has unveiled critical insights into the blood metabolome of extremely preterm infants, ...
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