Gaining ground in the race against antibiotic resistance
...ady been marketed as part of a 'package drug' with amoxicillin to fight resistance. But the lactamase enzyme that Vila's group studied is in a different class that is causing an emerging problem around the world. This class, the metallo-alpha-lactamases, is more threatening, said Vila, because it is effective ...Penicillin, amoxicillin: Step aside for strep throat treatment
...long-time antibiotic stalwarts like penicillin and amoxicillin to step aside when it comes to the treatment of st...in three weeks of treatment. Children treated with amoxicillin returned 18 percent of the time. The numbers were 14 percent for older-generation cephalosporins, an...