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UNEXPECTED SIDE EFFECTS: Medics in Guyana provide villagers with lifesaving antimalarial drugs that may be contributing to the growing problem of antibiotic resistance in E. coli.

A panel of government experts on Wednesday said studies from Johnson & Johnson are not strong enough to justify approval of its antibiotic to treat pneumonia.

A Food and Drug Administration panel of antibiotic experts voted 9-4 against approval of J&J's Doribax to treat hospital-acquired pneumonia, which is often more virulent than other strains.

MANSFIELD -- Gerald E. 'Tip' Leiter, 87, died Wednesday, July 2, 2008, at MedCentral/Mansfield Hospital.

For the third straight time, Desert Regional Medical Center reported 'significantly higher' percentages of community-acquired pneumonia deaths than other California hospitals.

More than 1.2 million Americans - roughly equivalent to the population of Dallas - were hospitalized for pneumonia in 2006, making this lung infection the most common reason for admission to the hospital other ...

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In 2005, new guidelines were released to manage and prevent hospital-acquired pneumonia.

Wyeth Pharmaceuticals announced that FDA has issued an approvable letter for the first-in-class antibiotic TYGACIL for the treatment of adult patients with community-acquired pneumonia .

Acting Medical Chief of Staff Dr Neil Peters says the staff at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex , Mt Hope, did everything in their power to save baby Omarion Frederick's life.

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Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth , announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued an approvable letter for the first-in-class antibiotic TYGACIL for the treatment of adult ...

Moxifloxacin is a respiratory fluoroquinolone with a community acquired pneumonia indication.

Dear Dr. Donohue: The second day after my husband returned from a business trip, he came down with a cough and a high temperature.

On January 25, 2007, a 31-year-old man with CF was admitted to our institution in Marseille, France, for lung transplantation.

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“Our study showed that men were more likely to die up to a year after pneumonia, despite adjusting for health behaviors and chronic conditions. Further, our findings indicate this may be linked to differences in immune response.”

A University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine study of nearly 2,220 pneumonia patients finds that men who come to the hospital generally are sicker than women, and have a 30 percent higher risk of dying over ... via People's Daily Online