Antibiotic Resistance

Extending the Cure Launches Interactive Map Featuring Latest Regional and Global Trends in Antibiotic Resistance

From Pioneering Ideas – September 29, 2011 The latest iteration of ResistanceMap, an interactive web-based tool that tracks drug resistance in North America and Europe, was launched recently by Extending the Cure, a Pioneer-supported research project that explores policy solutions to the growing threat of antibiotic resistance. (ETC director Ramanan Laxminarayan sums up the initiative’s approach wonderfully in a recent article … Read more

Drug-Resistant Pathogens in the Dental Office

From Laura A. Stokowski, RN, MS – Medscape News Today Image via Wikipedia Most people are aware of the risk for infection associated with hospitals, ambulatory settings, and long-term care. But what about the dental office? Patients who seek dental healthcare could easily, and even unknowingly, be carriers of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or another … Read more

It’s a Mythtery to me

Want to take advantage of the Mobile Me cloud to share two of the more important articles I know to address Endodontic Pain as it relates to antibiotics and effective therapeutic regimens.  Because a blog goes viral, I’d urge you to do the same with friends and colleagues if you believe this information to be … Read more