Following confirmation on October 21 of inhalation anthrax in a postal worker from BPF, the facility wa closed, and nasal swab testing and antibiotic prophylaxis of BPF postal employees began.

Several guidelines have been published on the use of prophylactic antibiotic therapy for both primary and secondary episodes of SBP. The World Gastroenterology Organization's guideline for the ...

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) is questioning the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over recent guidance for the prophylactic use of an antibiotic to prevent sexually transmitted infections ...

The use of prophylactic antibiotics is an option, but this raises concerns about the development of antibiotic resistance. It has been suggested that a single prophylactic dose of an oral ...