Full-dose challenges for emergency department (ED) patients with moderate, severe, and unknown beta-lactam allergies can safely reduce unnecessary antibiotic regimens, cut costs, and preserve future ...

Approximately 75% of skin-test results among individuals with allergic reactions to beta-lactams were negative, based on data from 175 patients. The World Allergy Organization distinguishes between ...

Drug-resistant bacteria like MRSA are hard to treat because so many antibiotics are ineffective against them. A team of researchers has shown a new way to reclaim the power of penicillin and similar ...

The Beta-lactam and Beta-lactamase Inhibitors Market encompasses a wide range of antibiotics and enzyme inhibitors used in the treatment of various bacterial infections. Beta-lactams are a class of ...

Treating MRSA with certain first-line antibiotics can actually make MRSA skin infections worse, according to a study published in Cell Host & Microbe. Ironically, patients can become sicker as a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . De-escalation of beta-lactam antibiotics was associated with a decreased risk of new resistance among patients ...

Critically ill sepsis patients did not fare better with prolonged infusions of meropenem compared with intermittent infusions of the beta-lactam antibiotic, a randomized trial showed. Among over 600 ...

Penicillin, one of the scientific marvels of the 20th century, is currently losing a lot of battles it once won against bacterial infections. But scientists at the University of South Carolina have ...