The efficacy of oral doxycycline was compared with that of IV ceftriaxone (Rocephin) in a randomized trial of 118 patients with Lyme neuroborreliosis (Lancet Neurol. 2008;7:690-695). Patients were ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A trial that evaluated three alternative treatments for anogenital gonorrhea found that a single dose of ...

In a study, IV fosfomycin appeared less effective than IV ceftriaxone or meropenem for bacteremic UTI caused by multidrug-resistant E. coli, but the drug may be considered for selected patients with ...

Patients with cirrhosis and gastrointestinal hemorrhage frequently suffer bacterial infections, and antibiotics are used for prophylaxis. Norfloxacin is the standard prophylactic treatment but, since ...