There is nothing fun about getting a urinary tract infection (UTI). It makes it burn when you pee, you feel like you need to run to the john all of the time, and when you do, your urine smells kind of ...

The use of prophylactic antibiotics, which involves daily administration of antibiotics to children after an initial urinary tract infection, is not associated with reduced risk of recurrent urinary ...

Quinolones have replaced sulfa drugs as the antibiotic most commonly prescribed for urinary tract infections (UTIs) in American women, according to a new study. An increase in resistance to ...

The mantra “shorter is better” for antibiotic durations has become a point of importance in the infectious disease and antimicrobial stewardship realms. It is imperative to determine the minimum ...

The UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has granted approval to GSK's oral antibiotic pill, ...

A urinary tract infection (UTI) causes uncomfortable symptoms such as pain or burning when urinating, cloudy urine, and fever. Between 50% and 60% of women develop UTI at some point in their lifetimes ...

(HealthDay)—For afebrile men with urinary tract infection (UTI), seven days of antibiotic treatment is noninferior to 14 days for symptom resolution, according to a study published in the July 27 ...

If you've gone to the doctor for a urinary tract infection, or UTI, chances are that you've been given the wrong antibiotic or a longer-than-necessary treatment plan. That's even more likely if you ...