Purpose. The pharmacokinetics of amino-glycosides in patients with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI) is reviewed. Conclusion. Determining appropriate aminoglycoside dosage in patients with SCI is ...

Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine are developing new ways to study why an antibiotic causes hair cell death and permanent hearing loss in people. In a study recently published in ...

Choosing the appropriate antibiotics to treat bacterial infections has grown more challenging because of the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Aminoglycosides, as broad-spectrum antibiotics, ...

Aminoglycosides are antibiotics effective against a wide range of bacteria including Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus. Until now however, their mode of entry into ...

Antibiotics are a group of prescription drugs used to treat a wide variety of infections caused by bacteria. They aren’t effective against fungal or viral infections, such as a cold or flu, notes ...

An expert briefly describes the study ‘Single Dose Aminoglycosides versus Carbapenems for the Treatment of Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections Caused by Extended-Spectrum β-lactamase-phenotype Gram ...

The antimalarial drug mefloquine could help treat genetic diseases such as cystic fibrosis, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, as well as some cancers. In these diseases, a mutation in the genetic code ...

The antimalarial drug mefloquine could help treat genetic diseases such as cystic fibrosis, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, as well as some cancers. In these diseases, a mutation in the genetic code ...

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2011;68(17):1607-1614. The trials described herein have several limitations, such as small sample size, the majority of subjects being male, insufficient detail in the ...