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  • The companies said genital and urinary-tract infections were more common in patients taking dapagliflozin than in patients taking placebos and other diabetes drugs.

    Diabetes-Drug Makers Tout Two New Studies Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2011

  • Sweetened aminoglycosides killed persisters grown in lab cultures and in mice with urinary-tract infections, as well as those on medical devices with thin layers of bacteria called biofilms.

    Years of Sitting on the Job Linked to Cancer Ann Lukits 2011

  • Sweetened aminoglycosides killed persisters grown in lab cultures and in mice with urinary-tract infections, as well as those on medical devices with thin layers of bacteria called biofilms.

    Years of Sitting on the Job Linked to Cancer Ann Lukits 2011

  • Individually, several other infections (including conjunctivitis and urinary-tract infections) were less common among exclusively breastfed infants, but not to a statistically significant degree.

    Why You Forget Birthdays Jeremy Singer-Vine 2010

  • The companies said genital and urinary-tract infections were more common in patients taking dapagliflozin than in patients taking placebos and other diabetes drugs.

    Diabetes-Drug Makers Tout Two New Studies Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2011

  • Postoperative antibiotics: People treated with antibiotics following appendicitis surgery were at increased risk of C. difficile and urinary-tract infections, as well as other complications, compared with patients not given antibiotics, according to a study in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

    A New Weapon in the Fight Against Superbugs Ann Lukits 2012

  • Probiotics and UTIs: Suppositories containing probiotics and a type of bacteria that protects against urinary-tract infections reduced urinary-tract infections by 50% in women susceptible to the infection, according to a study in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

    Finding the Pathways to a Cause of Tinnitus Ann Lukits 2011

  • Sweetened aminoglycosides killed persisters grown in lab cultures and in mice with urinary-tract infections, as well as those on medical devices with thin layers of bacteria called biofilms.

    Years of Sitting on the Job Linked to Cancer Ann Lukits 2011

  • Delays for heart bypass surgery and colon resection also increased the risk of urinary-tract and surgical-site infections.

    Hospital infections: New studies find concerns for surgery patients and children 2011

  • The ban, set to take effect April 5, applies to a class of antibiotics known as cephalosporins, which are sold for human use under brands including Keflex, Ceftin and Cedax and are used to treat bone, urinary-tract and respiratory infections.

    FDA Moves to Restrict Use of Antibiotics in Livestock Bill Tomson 2012

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