Starting a course of antibiotics usually curtails contagiousness within 24 to 48 hours. To diagnose strep throat, you need to visit your primary care provider or an urgent care clinic for timely ...

Persistent symptoms such as nasal discharge and cough that last more than 10 days ...

Strep throat is a bacterial infection that commonly causes sore throat, fever, swollen glands, headache, and occasionally rash, belly pain, vomiting, and neck pain. Cough is not a symptom of strep ...

There’s nothing worse than a sore throat, but tea can help. We tested and evaluated over a dozen teas with an RD to find the ...

The week highlights the importance and appropriate use of antibiotic and antifungal medications. Matthews Song, a pharmacy specialist in infectious diseases, has worked at Norton Healthcare for eight ...

Although group A streptococcus has not developed resistance, antibiotic therapy fails to eradicate the infection in some patients. Many authors have suggested using a cephalosporin as an ...

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

A team of 11 Adventist Health volunteers spent six days in the Federated States of Micronesia conducting childhood screening ...

Associate Professor Rogers said antibiotics were extremely important at early stages of infections, "but what we didn't know is that in many patients you could actually just stop them after a week ...

This infection was resistant to all antibiotics: one of the increasing instances of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). As he was admitted to the ICU of a private hospital for monitoring, his medical ...

The use of antibiotics has risen by more than 21 percent since 2016, according to analysis of 67 countries, fueling fears about the threat of antibiotic resistance. Antibiotic use is one of the ...

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