21.   Doctors generally rely on fluoroquinolones to treat bacterial infections when they do not know if the germs will resist other antibiotics.

22.   Experts say the drugs should be used sparingly, and only to treat bacterial infections.

23.   Famciclovir, a drug normally used to treat herpes infections in people, appears to cure the illness in animals.

24.   FDA officials said they were satisfied that the drug did have an effect in treating fungal infections.

25.   Excess ear wax is removable, for example, while infections can be treated with antibiotics.

26.   Glaxo Wellcome PLC will introduce Ziagen to treat HIV infection.

27.   Genome Therapeutics Corp. and a subsidiary of Sepracor Inc. Monday said they signed a collaborative agreement to jointly research and develop drug compounds to treat bacterial infections.

28.   Hathaway said an infection can be treated, and people with severe flu-like symptoms should seek medical treatment.

29.   He said many vets treat infections as they arise with antibiotics.

30.   Immunologists say they are not certain what would happen if someone tried to treat HIV infections by injecting patients with chemokines.