Bronchitis more resistant to antibiotics
NORTHBROOK, Ill., Aug. 14 (UPI) -- First-line antibiotics such as amoxicillin and ampicillin are becoming ineffective in treating chronic bronchitis, U.S. and Greek researchers say. Second-line antibiotic use in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis is becoming greater because of an increase in first-line drug resistance among those with chronic bronchitis, reported a study published in the journal Chest. To compare the effectiveness of first- and second-line antibiotics, researchers evaluated patients with acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis from 12 randomized control trials. The researchers found that second-line antibiotics were more effective and that there was no difference in mortality or safety, when compared with first-line antibiotics, the study said. (story courtesy of upi.com)
This is relevant to me because I just got over my bronchitis. Do you know how many times I've had an upper respiratory infection/sinusitis/bronchitis in the last couple of years? Neither do I - that's how many. I've lost count. And I'm allergic to penicillin and all of its related antibiotic derivatives, which makes getting sick a real party for me.
M just called me to confirm our plans to hang for a little bit next week. And all of my sites are getting uber-hinkey and not working (par for the course for MySpace...), so I think I'll stop for now and come back later to talk about my adventures from earlier this week.
3 comments:
I ALSO called to see how you were...that being the MAIN reason for the call. And I do miss you. Talking to you was a bright moment in my day. You reminded me of who I am, in the midst of a very unstable and despicable job scenario.
Thank you. AND I'm sry you're still sicky. You look ok...for a zombie.
It's all those twinkies. And the sodas forming formaldahyde in my blood stream.
And I look better than OK. I look awesome...for a zombie.
you do normally look awesome.
zombie or no.
its that sense of spunky style.
you ppl in your 30s have no concept of your own image. I swars.
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