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Drug factsIDweek 2017 Ideas Board – How IDs think
IDweek IDweek is one of the most popular events that carried out annually, at IDweek key infectious disease leaders and physicians with other interested partners meet and talk about infections. They are infection fighters or superbugs killers. One of the most funny images that has been circulated recently about a board where the ID or…
Oct 8, 2017
DiseasesTerms and definitions related to infectious diseases
Once we mention infectious diseases, the first thing that pops up into our mind is Antibiotics. This is true, but also we have to keep in our mind that the anti-infective category includes a lot of other infections that should be fought. Examples: Bacterial Infections. Fungal Infections. Viral Infections. Parasitic Infections. In this post, I…
Aug 27, 2017
Drug facts170 facts that should be known about Antibiotics
Whether you are a pharmacist, ID specialist, microbiologist, pharmacy student or anyone who is interested or reviewing antibiotics I will put here the MUST know tips, facts and notes about Antibiotics. You can use these facts for fast reviewing antibiotics, they cover almost every single antibiotic class with very important notes and tips that should…
Apr 15, 2017
DiseasesZika Virus – Questions & Answers
What does Zika mean ? Zika means “overgrown” in the uganda language. Is Zika new virus ? No! It is not. Zika virus has discovered long time ago. When was the last outbreaks of Zike virus ? Mid 2015 and through 2016. Where is the last largest outbreak of Zika virus? Brazil. How does the…
Sep 23, 2016
GeneralPfizer – the house of Anti-Infective drugs
Probably you know about one of the latest acquisitions of the giant US based company Pfizer Inc. Pfizer has acquired small molecules business of Astrazeneca’s anti-infectives. New products to be added to Pfizer Anti-Infective portfolio: Zinforo(ceftaroline fosamil). Zavicefta (CAZ-AVI). Merrem/Meronem(meropenem). ATM-AVI. CXL. In addition to the current Pfizer Anti-Infective found in this video : Source :…
Sep 22, 2016
PhysiologyAntibodies ↔ complement system >> the Body cookers !
When evil bacteria enters the human body , different types of Macrophages start attacking them and try to eat as much bacteria as possible to prevent , decrease or eliminate the infection . Unfortunately , it’s a hard process because Bacterial cell membrane carry a -VE charge & also our Phages carry a -VE one…
Dec 24, 2010