Diarrhea is one of the most common antibiotic side effects. About 1 in 5 people who take antibiotics have loose stools, according to Mayo Clinic. Antibiotics are medicines that kill bacteria.

Medscape Medical News spoke with the CDC's Adam L. Cohen, MD, MPH, about what healthcare providers need to know about the increased number and severity of cases in young patients in the United States.

Scientist Denise Catacutan working on the experimental antibiotic discovered with the help of artificial intelligence. Scientists have used artificial intelligence (AI) to discover a new ...

It is time to reconsider the widespread advice that people should always complete an entire course of antibiotics, experts in the BMJ say. They argue there is not enough evidence to back the idea ...

The team's results appear in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. The new form of antibiotics is designed to target a naturally occurring enzyme—caseinolytic protease proteolytic subunit, ClpP ...

But almost a century on, the world faces the threat of a post-antibiotic age. Widespread misuse and overuse of antibiotics in global health systems and the food industry has prompted bacteria to ...

In a pilot study, researchers have used artificial intelligence to detect antibiotic resistance in bacteria. This is an important first step toward integrating GPT-4 into clinical diagnostics.

The steady growth in drug-resistant “superbugs” over the last few decades points to a near future in which antibiotics no longer defend us from deadly pathogens. In such a world, modern medicine as we ...

Oh, I hate being ill. Fortunately, antibiotics and vaccines can help keep us healthy. Antibiotics help when you have a bacterial infection like pneumonia. Some antibiotics break down the external ...

LOS ANGELES — A 7-day antibiotic course for treating hospitalized patients’ bloodstream infection (BSI) was just as effective as a 14-day course, according to new data from a seven-country ...

Antibiotic resistance is the ability of bacteria to resist the effects of antibiotics, a type of drug - such as penicillin or ciprofloxacin - that kills or stops the growth of bacteria. When bacteria ...