Medscape

Which Therapies Reduce Exacerbations in Bronchiectasis?

DPP-1 inhibitors and macrolides likely reduce the frequency of exacerbations in patients with non-cystic fibrosis ...
Healio

Macrolides reduce exacerbations, improve quality of life in asthma treatment

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The meta-analysis included 20 randomized control trials with 2,067 participants. Patients who used macrolides ...
JSTOR Daily

Macrolides Promote CCL2-Mediated Macrophage Recruitment and Clearance of Nasopharyngeal Pneumococcal Colonization in Mice

Background. Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) colonizes mucosal surfaces of the upper respiratory tract (URT), resulting in invasive disease. Macrolides are known for their immunomodulatory ...
Healio

Macrolides, fluoroquinolones reduce risk for anti-drug antibodies in IBD treatment

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Avoidance of cephalosporins and penicillin with beta-lactamase inhibitors during anti-TNF therapy reduced the ...

Study sheds light on the function of a key antibiotic-producing enzyme

Macrolides are an important class of antibiotics that includes drugs such as azithromycin and erythromycin, which are widely ...
Nature

Macrolides in the treatment of bronchiolitis obliterans in allograft recipients

Bronchiolitis obliterans (BO) is a serious complication of hematopoietic SCT (HSCT). The condition is believed to be the result of an inflammatory part of the GVHD. Although many BO patients receive ...
Medscape

Caution Warranted for Use of Macrolides in Pregnancy

Use of macrolide antibiotics during pregnancy slightly elevates the risk for cerebral palsy and/or epilepsy in children, according to an observational study published online March 25 in PLOS One.
Science Daily

Virtual library of 1 million new macrolide scaffolds could help speed drug discovery

Researchers have created the largest publicly available virtual library of macrolide scaffolds. The library -- called V1M -- contains chemical structures and computed properties for 1 million ...
Medical News Today

What are the most common types of antibiotics?

Antibiotics are medications that treat bacterial infections. They achieve this by killing bacteria or slowing their growth. Some common types of antibiotics include penicillin and macrolides. Medical ...
Newsweek

Macrolide Antibiotics in Early Pregnancy Linked to Birth Defects, Study Finds

Pregnant women who take certain types of antibiotics have a greater risk of having a child with birth defects, a study has found. Using data on over 100,000 children, researchers found that women ...
Business Wire

Macrolide Pharmaceuticals Appoints New President and CEO, Raises $20 Million in Investor Financing

WATERTOWN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Macrolide Pharmaceuticals, a next-generation antibiotics company developing macrolides that are first-in-class with Gram-negative activity for a broad range of multi ...