Doctors may be able to treat spinal abscesses with antibiotics. However, some people may need a combination of antibiotic treatment and surgical drainage. Back pain and tenderness may worsen as ...

The spectrum of involvement includes prominent perianal skin tags, fissures, ulcers, abscesses, fistulas, and stricture -- at times, disease can be so extensive that it leads to destructive ...

Abscess location did not accurately predict the portal of entry. 67% were treated by burr hole aspiration, 20% by craniotomy and 13% by antibiotics alone. Median duration of antibiotic treatment ...

The drugs can wreak havoc on your microbiome. Here’s what may be key to restoring it. Credit...Joyce Lee for The New York Times Supported by By Isobel Whitcomb Q: I was recently prescribed ...

If your signs or symptoms are atypical, your healthcare provider may order tests to exclude other possible causes as part of the differential diagnosis, including: Acute paronychia is bacterial in ...

Bacteria-derived H2S functions as a universal defense against antibiotics challenge. Here, Ji et al developed a broad-spectrum H2S scavenger that efficiently removes endogenous H2S in several ...

She made three visits to her family physician and two courses of antibiotics were prescribed with no improvement. Mary suspected a relationship between the hardware in her hip and the skin infection.

According to WHO, feeling better does not always imply that the infection has been resolved, and it is critical to complete the entire treatment regimen as advised.

An antibiotic developed some 80 years ago before being abandoned and forgotten could again offer exciting new solutions, this time to the emerging threat of drug-resistant superbugs. Half of the ...