Category list : Anti-infective agents
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UK government puts up £4m to cover capital costs of antimicrobial resistance research
Funding of £4m is being made available by the UK government to support projects that tackle the global challenges of antimicrobial resistance.
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Grampian pharmacists supply antibiotics for uncomplicated UTIs
Community pharmacists in Grampian have been given the go-ahead to supply antibiotics to women with an uncomplicated urinary tract infection (UTI).
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Antibiotic gel crosses eardrum to treat middle ear infections
A one-dose application of an antibiotic gel into the ear could make it easier to treat middle ear infections in children, say US researchers.
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Existing drugs identified that could fight Zika virus Subscription
By screening 6,000 drugs for anti-Zika properties, researchers found three potential therapies against the Zika virus.
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New approaches to overcoming antimicrobial resistance Subscription
As antibiotic resistance continues to threaten the treatment of various infections, researchers are looking for new ways to supplement and in some cases replace failing antimicrobial drugs.
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Syphilis and the use of mercury
Sexual Health Week 2016 runs from 12-18 September. Szu Shen Wong, Thibaut Deviese, Jane Draycott, John Betts and Matthew Johnston describe what lies behind a print depicting patients with syphilis from the 18th century.
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US$1 test card can detect poor quality ceftriaxone antibiotic
A paper-based tool that can be used to detect counterfeit or degraded medicines and costs around US$1 is effective in detecting poor quality samples of the injectable antibiotic ceftriaxone.
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NHS England tried hard to manage funding of new hepatitis C drugs Subscription
I read with interest the letter from Charles Gore of The Hepatitis C Trust asking why NHS England is treating people living with hepatitis C as exceptional cases and has capped the access to medicines that can eradicate the infection in most cases.
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Ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030: can it be done? Subscription
Luiz Loures from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) talks about ending the epidemic, and the challenges in fighting the disease that has claimed over 34 million lives.
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FDA strengthens fluoroquinolone warnings
Revised warnings about the risks of being left permanently disabled after taking fluoroquinolone antibiotics have been added to products in the United States following a safety review by the Food and Drug Administration.
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