Symptoms of Diverticulitis Diverticulosis, a precursor to diverticulitis, normally doesn’t cause any symptoms. In some cases, it may cause mild abdominal discomfort.

The guidelines call for antibiotic use in other situations, such as people with certain lab indicators of infection, symptoms that don't respond to other treatments, who have other conditions, or who ...

They adapt rapidly to drugs, rendering many existing treatments ineffective. Such antibiotic-resistant bacteria, often dubbed "superbugs," pose a critical threat to patients with chronic illnesses ...

To sum up, acute cecal diverticulitis in children is rare and often difficult to distinguish from acute appendicitis. Conservative antibiotic treatment is effective for acute simple cecal ...

Background: Previous studies have indicated a potential association between gut microbiota and diverticular disease. However, the precise nature of this relationship remains unclear. In light of this, ...

The new compound, zosurabalpin, worked "extremely well" in test-tubes and mice, Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership scientific director Prof Laura Piddock said. The research ...