Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers said patients who cannot complete 6 weeks of IV antibiotics for serious injection-related infections ...

Mary Warlo’s 6-month-old son, Calieb, has sickle cell disease. Infections that might only cause mild illnesses in other children could cause serious illness or worse in children with sickle cell. Mary ...

Mary Warlo’s 6-month-old son, Calieb, has sickle cell disease. Infections that might only cause mild illnesses in other children could cause serious illness or worse in children with sickle cell.

Penicillin G sodium 5million Units/mL; pwd for IM inj or continuous IV drip after reconstitution; contains sodium 1.68mEq per million Units. Bacteremia, pneumonia, endocarditis, pericarditis, empyema, ...

BENZATHINE penicillin (N,N′-dibenzylethylenediamine dipenicillin G) is a long-acting repository penicillin that provides low serum penicillin levels for three or four weeks after a single ...

The question always arises when medication is given by mouth whether it actually reaches the patient's stomach, particularly in the amount and for the duration prescribed. There is more uncertainty in ...

Ear infections are a common problem for kids; one landed Lilah Santiago at the doctor's office just after her second birthday. She took penicillin and ended up with a rash all over her body. “She had ...

Which 'Penicillin-Allergic' Children Have True Penicillin Allergy? Previous studies have demonstrated that many patients who report that they have experienced a penicillin allergy reaction are not ...

CHICAGO — Topical antibiotic prophylaxis is completely unnecessary in association with intravitreal injections, according to findings from more than 15,000 injections by a single surgeon who presented ...

A new study published in the journal BMJ in February 2020 reports that macrolide or penicillin antibiotic consumption in pregnancy could be linked to several adverse health outcomes in children. These ...

Mary Warlo has been extremely worried lately. Her baby Calieb, who is six months old, has sickle cell disease. In early December he went for a few days without liquid penicillin, a medication that he ...