New guidelines recommend antibiotic treatment for sore throats in high-risk children and adolescents without diagnostic confirmation of strep A to prevent acute rheumatic fever. Released…
The TGA is putting stricter warnings on fluoroquinolones over rare but “potentially irreversible” reactions, including toxic psychosis, seizures and tendon ruptures. All oral and injectable…
Prophylactic use of the antibiotic rifaximin is fuelling a dangerous multidrug-resistant pathogen, Australian scientists say. The team says rifaximin causes cross-resistance to the unrelated antibiotic…
Patients seeking doxycycline as a ‘morning-after pill’ are being turned away by GPs, says a patient sexual health organisation. ACON — formerly the AIDS Council…
Antimicrobial resistance has created another “untreatable” STI, Mycoplasma genitalium, which is increasingly common in Australia, doctors say. Melbourne sexual health physician Professor Catriona Bradshaw said…
In his 1945 Nobel lecture, Sir Alexander Fleming — awarded the Nobel prize for discovering penicillin — warned that easy availability of antibiotics would lead…
Prescribing doxycycline as a morning after pill significantly reduces chlamydia and syphilis incidence following condomless sex between men, according to the largest real-world study so…
Frequently prescribed oral antibiotics can increase the risk of serious cutaneous adverse reactions in older adults almost threefold, a Canadian study suggests. While antibiotics were…
The TGA has slapped safety warnings on azithromycin over a very rare risk of acute cardiovascular death, particularly within the first five days of use. …
Deciding when to prescribe IV antibiotics for UTIs in kids could soon be made easier thanks to Australian doctors who have developed a world-first individualised…
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