The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new drug for treating urinary tract infections (UTIs), the first such drug approved in decades and the first in a new class of medications.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration just approved the first new antibiotic to treat urinary tract infections in nearly ... Citrobacter freundii complex, Enterococcus faecalis, and a type of ...

coli) produce five to 16 times more protective capsular "slime" when Enterococcus faecalis ... coli (APEC)—cause urinary tract infections in dogs and bloodstream infections in poultry, respectively.

In the current case series, daptomycin was shown to be a safe and effective therapeutic option in the management of VRE UTIs. Because of the increasing prevalence of VRE infection and the limited ...

Background Vancomycin-resistant enterococci are a leading cause of hospital-acquired urinary tract infection and a growing concern for the clinician. The aim of this study was to evaluate the ...