For some people, mild cases of diverticulitis may resolve on their own. For others with mild to moderate cases of the disease, treatment typically involves antibiotics. Patients are also advised ...

For healthy older adults, using antibiotics is not associated with an increased risk of cognitive impairment or dementia, according to a new study. For healthy older adults, using antibiotics is ...

An abscess is a bacterial infection that causes a pocket of pus to form. Abscesses associated with diverticulitis may cause fever and abdominal pain. They are treated with antibiotics and/or drainage.

Some scholars argue that acute simple cecal diverticulitis is non-infectious and does not require anti-inflammatory treatment (11). However, the latest guidelines recommend conservative treatment with ...

Background: Previous studies have indicated a potential association between gut microbiota and diverticular disease. However, the precise nature of this relationship remains unclear. In light of this, ...

Every year, more than five million people die due to bacterial infections that are becoming increasingly resistant to a range of antibiotics. It is a concern the World Health Organization has ...

Diverticulitis is most often caused by a bacterial infection. In such cases, the primary form of treatment is antibiotic drugs accompanied by changes in diet to aid with the healing. In severe cases, ...

Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window For critically ill patients on antibiotics for suspected sepsis, monitoring one biomarker safely shortened the course ...

Before antibiotics were discovered, the average life expectancy at birth was around 47 years. Infectious diseases like cholera, diphtheria, pneumonia, otitis, urinary tract infections and wound ...

This drug is seen as a potent alternative to existing antibiotics like azithromycin, which is facing resistance levels, according to a report by The Times of India. Nafithromycin is the product of ...

India has developed a new antibiotic, nafithromycin (Miqnaf), to combat drug-resistant pneumonia. Developed by Wockhardt with BIRAC support, this first-of-its-kind Indian antibiotic is more potent ...

Antibiotics are hailed as medical saviours. But they are increasingly facing a crafty adversary: bacteria that mutate and adapt and outwit the very drugs designed to defeat them and cure the ...