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Correlates of Inappropriate Prescribing of Antibiotics to Patients with Malaria in Uganda

January 27, 2014 By Malaria.com Leave a Comment

In many rural areas of Uganda, febrile patients presenting to health facilities are prescribed both antimalarials and antibiotics, contributing to the overuse of antibiotics. We identified the prevalence and correlates of inappropriate antibiotic management of patients with confirmed malaria. Methods We utilized individual outpatient data from 36 health centers from January to September … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Research Tagged With: Antibiotics, PLoS One, Uganda

Malarial Attack Recurring

June 14, 2012 By Malaria Q&A 2 Comments

QUESTION My Father aged 65 years was diagnosed with malaria 15 days back and was on medication. Fever was recurring frequently and he had developed a lung infection. Three days back fever stopped and did not occur for 2 days and malarial infection was reducing. Now the Fever has started coming but other parameters are normal. Can you please suggest what needs to be done? ANSWER If your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Alu, Antibiotics, Artemisinin-based Combination Therapies, blood test, Coartem, diagnosis, Duo-Cotecxin, lung infection, Malaria Treatment

Naturally Drug-Resistant Cave Bacteria Possible Key to New Antibiotics

April 18, 2012 By Malaria.com Leave a Comment

New research findings suggest the key to finding a whole new variety of antibiotics to treat drug-resistant infections may lie with the resident bacteria in one of the most isolated caves in the world. The U.S. scientists who conducted the study say bacteria collected from Lechuguilla Cave in the state of New Mexico appear to possess an innate resistance to antibiotics, despite never having … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria News Tagged With: Antibiotic Resistance, Antibiotics, Lechuguilla Cave, McMaster University, PLoS One, University of Akron

Bioengineered Antibiotic Could Lead to Improved Malaria Therapy

April 28, 2011 By Malaria.com Leave a Comment

A natural antibiotic long known for its power to fight bacteria, viruses and tumors has recently shown strength against malaria, but its extreme toxicity has impeded its use in medicine. However, a bioengineering breakthrough has opened a new avenue in the global battle against malaria. Scientists at Oregon State University have engineered several new versions of the antibiotic pactamycin … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria News Tagged With: Antibiotics, Bioengineering, Chemistry & Biology Journal, Oregon State University, P. falciparum, Pactamycin, Taifo Mahmud

Anti-Infective Drugs Market to Reach $66 Billion by 2013, Says Report

October 15, 2010 By Malaria.com Leave a Comment

The anti-infective drugs market will jump to $66 billion by 2013, according to a recently published report. Anti-infective drugs include: anti-viral therapeutics, antibiotics, anti-fungal agents and prophylactic treatments such as vaccines. Six infectious diseases -- pneumonia, tuberculosis, diarrheal diseases, malaria, measles and HIV/AIDS -- account for half of all premature deaths worldwide. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria News Tagged With: Abraxis Bioscience, Acambis, Achillion, Acute Suppurative Thyroiditis, Adlyfe, Advanced Life Sciences Holdings, Affinium, Akonni Biosystems, Alnylam, Anti-fungal Agents, Anti-Infective Drugs, Anti-viral Therapeutics, Antibiotics, APP, Aquapharm Biodiscovery, Arbor Vita, Arpida, Avexa, Avian Bird Flu, Basilea, Baxter, Biophage Pharma, Blood-Borne Infections, CEL-SCI, Cerexa, Combimatrix, Complicated Skin and Skin Structure Infections, cSSSI, Cubist, Daiichi Sankyo, Diarrhea, Hospira, Idenix, Incyte, Influenza, Lymphadenitis, Malaria, Measles, Medivir, Meiji Holdings, MerLion, Mutabilis, Nanobio, Nanosphere, Nanoviricides, Novabay, Obetech, Optimer, Panacos, Pancreatitis, Paratek, Pharmasset, Pharyngotonsillitis, Pico, Pneumonia, Polymedix, Powdermed, Presidio, Progenics, Prophylactic Treatments, Protez, Reye's Syndrome, Rib-X, Ribomed, Sinusitis, Targanta, Theravance, Trius, Tuberculosis, Urinary Tract Infections, UTI, Vascular Infections, Vertex, Viral Encephalitis, West Nile Virus, X-GEN

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