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Early use of antibiotics may weaken some of the benefits of breastfeeding

Benefits of Breastfeeding May Be Compromised by Antibiotics

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Infants who received antibiotics were more prone to infections and obesity in childhood
Three-quarters of emergency department patients who received antibiotics to treat suspected sexually transmitted infections tested negative for the infections

ERs May Be Overprescribing Antibiotics for Possible STIs

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Three in four tests for gonorrhea, chlamydia came back negative
For patients receiving anti-epidermal growth factor receptor treatment

Prophylactic Antibiotics Cut Risk of Anti-EGFR Skin Rash

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Systematic review shows reduction in risk of developing a skin rash with prophylactic antibiotics
For patients receiving cephalexin monotherapy for non-purulent cellulitis

Cephalexin Failure Rate Similar for Morbidly Obese, Non-Obese

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No difference in rate of therapeutic failure for morbidly obese, non-obese patients with cellulitis
The first case of a patient infected with a superbug resistant to a last-resort antibiotic has been documented in the United States. The report was published online May 26 in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.

U.S. Has First Documented Case of Superbug Resistant to Colistin

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Pennsylvania woman infected with E. coli that carried a gene for resistance against last-resort antibiotic
Stronger warnings about the possible side effects of fluoroquinolones were issued Thursday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

FDA Issues Stronger Warning on Side Effects of Fluoroquinolones

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Agency is recommending that health care providers not prescribe them for certain patients
Nearly one-third of the antibiotics prescribed in the United States aren't appropriate for the conditions being treated

Still Too Many Antibiotic Prescriptions Being Written

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One in three prescriptions deemed unnecessary
Preoperative stenting and longer operative time are associated with a greater likelihood of serious genitourinary infection after ureteroscopy with laser lithotripsy

Pre-Op Stenting, Longer Surgery Tied to Genitourinary Infection

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Findings among patients undergoing ureteroscopy with laser lithotripsy
Longer-term antibiotic treatment does not improve health-related quality of life compared with shorter-term treatment among patients with persistent symptoms attributed to Lyme disease

No Benefit for Longer-Term Antibiotic Tx in Lyme Disease

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Longer-term antibiotic tx doesn't have additional beneficial effect on health-related quality of life
A case of ceftriaxone-associated renal toxicity in an adult has been documented in a case report published online Feb. 23 in the Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics.

Case Report: Ceftriaxone-Linked Renal Toxicity in Adult Male

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Patient unresponsive to pharmacotherapy; symptoms resolved with double J stent insertions by cystoscopy