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The US Food and Drug Administration has approved pivmecillinam (Pivya) tablets to treat uncomplicated urinary tract infections in women.

Several drugs should be avoided or used with caution because of potential risks during pregnancy, a dermatologist told colleagues.

European agencies published evidence that reducing antibiotic use in humans and food-producing animals leads to a decline in antimicrobial resistance.

Cefepime-taniborbactam was more effective than meropenem among patients with complicated UTIs and bacterial infections of the kidney, said study.

Exblifep is as effective as piperacillin-tazobactam in the treatment of complicated urinary tract infections, the European Medicines Agency said.

Data suggested that the use of magnetic hydrogel could be integrated into laser treatments for renal stones through ureteroscopy without immediate complications.

The product combines an antibiotic, a retinoid, and an antibacterial in a gel formulation.

The antibiotic acts on not one but three molecules that are essential to the construction of bacterial walls.

Variability in hospital-based physicians antimicrobial prescribing is not related to patient characteristics or clinical outcomes, new data suggest.

Those antibiotics may kill 99.9% of germs, but what about the 0.1% that gets left behind?