News tagged with intravenous antibiotics

Virulent skin germ grates on Maine lobstering isle

(AP) -- A strain of a drug-resistant skin disease that has afflicted sports teams, prisons and military units is now proving a persistent pest among lobstermen and their families on a Maine island.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Oct 06, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chronic Lyme disease: How often is it diagnosed and treated?

The existence of chronic Lyme disease is an issue of sharp debate within the medical community. Some health care workers who call themselves "Lyme literate" insist that chronic Lyme disease is frequently diagnosed and treated ...

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created Sep 02, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Who gets the antibiotics?

At Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, a medical resident and avid bike rider in his late 20s noticed a nasty red swelling in his groin. A day and a half later, it had grown as big as a lime.

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created Sep 20, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0