Avenacy, a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on supplying critical injectable medications, today announced it has ...

DoxyPEP involves taking a single dose of oral doxycycline 200 mg within 72 hours after condomless sex (maximum dose: doxycycline 200 mg per 24 h). The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2009;7(8):967-980. Nafcillin is considered the intravenous treatment of choice for MSSA; however, many other intravenous agents such as cephalosporins, β-lactams and ...

Most boils are caused by the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus. A doctor will typically prescribe antibiotics to treat the infection. While over-the-counter medications are available, they can only ...

cSSSI: Complicated skin and skin-structure infection; ESBL: Extended spectrum β lactamase; MRSA: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MSSA: Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus.

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