Treating post-renal transplant surgical site infection with combination therapy: a case study

A 61-year-old Azerbaijani woman was admitted to Imam Khomeini hospital in Urmia, in north west Iran. She had a kidney transplant on 5 October 2018. The patient had a history of end-stage renal disease...

Tackling vaccination concerns

The first thing I wanted to tell you in this editorial was that I have had my first vaccine! Like many million others I was delighted to get the call and I feel relief and privilege to have received...

Drug Breakdown: AZT / Abacavir

Day 1: Seven days of nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs), inspired by #ItsASin. The first HIV/AIDs drug #AZT (zidovudine) was discovered from unusual RNA/DNA elements found in marine...

Macrolides vs penicillin and potential risk during pregnancy

A team of researchers at University College of London analysed the association between macrolide antibiotics prescribed during pregnancy and major malformations, as well as four neurodevelopmental...

Antimicrobial prescribing in SARS-CoV-2

In this article by Stevens et al (2020) we start to see some early evidence looking at the rate and spectrum of antibiotic prescribing being collected in a single centre study.

Nutritional psychiatry

Cardiovascular disease: the gender divide

According to statistics from the British Heart Foundation (BHF) there are 830 000 women in the UK living with coronary heart disease (CHD), and around 380 000 women in the UK have survived a heart...

End-of-life care in a pandemic: a primary healthcare perspective

This has been unprecedented time in end-of-life care at the authors' surgery, the speed at which a decisive plan was put together and commnicated to staff ensured the best possible care was still...

Prescribing issues in the COVID-19 pandemic

As we know as prescribers, antibiotic stewardship and appropriate prescribing of antibiotic therapy to reduce this incidence of resistance is an often-focussed field of research (Zhu et al, 2021). In...

Patient or self-indulgent consumer?

Steroids in inflammatory bowel disease: a clinical review

Despite their effectiveness, corticosteroids are characterised by their serious adverse effects, which limit their long-term use. Recognition of their adverse effects is important in their prevention...

Management pathways for erectile dysfunction in primary care

Epidemiological evidence suggests that 8% of men in their 40s report moderate or complete ED and this increases to 40% of men in their 60s (McKinlay, 2000). Risk factors for developing ED are shown in...