skin infections

Efficacy of iclaprim in patients with complicated skin infections

harminka — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:11:36 -0500

Arpida (SWX: ARPN) today presented the combined results from two pivotal Phase III clinical trials at the 48th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC)/Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) 46th annual meeting in Washington, DC.

Oral vitamin D may help prevent some skin infections

harminka — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:04:12 -0500

A study led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine suggests that use of oral Vitamin D supplements bolsters production of a protective chemical normally found in the skin, and may help prevent skin infections that are a common result of atopic dermatitis, the most common form of eczema.

New topical therapy safely treats nail fungus without side effects

harminka — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:36:22 -0500

A new topical lotion that penetrates the skin deeply enough to target and eliminate serious skin infections, but without being systemically absorbed, has shown a high degree of safety and tolerability in patients with onychomycosis, or toenail fungus, a new study has shown.

Key mechanism to emergence of deadly strep bacteria

harminka — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 07:08:03 -0500

The incidence of serious strep infections has risen dramatically in the last three decades, and this increase is largely attributed to the spread around the globe of a single strain of strep known as the invasive M1T1 clone.

US FDA gives approval to sell children's skin infection drug

Dinka — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 07:56:41 -0500

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave an approval to GlaxoSmithKline PLC said to market a new treatment for a skin infection children usually suffer from.