A new study of adolescents and young adults has found a commonly used antibiotic for skin infections, urinary tract infections, and acne is associated with an increased risk of respiratory failure.

Adolescents and young adults on TMP-SMX have a higher 30-day risk of acute respiratory failure than those on amoxicillin or cephalosporins. The study supports the FDA's warning about TMP-SMX, with ...

A new study published in the Journal of American Medical Association showed that adolescents and young adults (ages 10–25) ...

Study supports FDA's decision to add warnings to drug labeling for trimethoprim-sulfametho ...

John V. Williams is a professor of pediatrics, microbiology and molecular genetics at the University of Pittsburgh. In the year 2000, Dutch scientists went on a mission of exploration – not to ...

The case description for a Case Records of the Massachusetts General Hospital appears below. A 37-year-old man was transferred to the hospital because of fever, myalgia, and hypoxemia. Evaluation ...

Until recently, COVID-19 seemed to be a harmless pathogen of minor outbreaks of unremarkable and mild acute respiratory (or intestinal) diseases. At the same time, many similar microorganisms lived in ...

The case description for a Case Records of the Massachusetts General Hospital appears below. A 61-year-old man presented with hypoxemic respiratory failure and shock 10 weeks after kidney ...