Choose your Outcome: How Design Minutiae Affect Trial Results

When you search for ‘ceftidoren’ on Wikipedia, you will get a surprise: there is no entry. However, a search on the web tells us that Spectracef (ceftidoren pivoxil) still exists. Gee, now the drug is spelled ‘cefditoren’ and – looking Continue reading Choose your Outcome: How Design Minutiae Affect Trial Results

Treating GC in the Face of Dwindling Antibiotic Options – (1)

Looking across the Northern border it is clear that CDC Guidelines are not universally followed even in North America. Public Health Canada still recommends cefixime for uncomplicated gonorrhea (GC), albeit at the high single oral dose of 800 mg [1]. In Continue reading Treating GC in the Face of Dwindling Antibiotic Options – (1)