However, because the initial antibiotic treatment course does not cure the kidney infection, symptomatic relapse usually occurs shortly after the antibiotics are stopped (ie, within 2 weeks).

Colistin is a last-resort antibiotic that is usually only used for severe infections with resistant bacteria. This is due to its severe kidney-damaging side effects, which occur in about 30% of ...

For children with a history of recurrent urinary tract infection (RUTI), the antibiotic nitrofurantoin and cranberry products ...

Intermountain Health researchers have received a grant to address the problem of antibiotic overuse and resistance in urgent ...