"In simple terms, it won't fit through the pump hole, " says Iannini.

FORBES: Antibiotic Breakthroughs Fall Short

One problem: There may be warnings about cardiac and other side effects on the drug's label, although Iannini thinks these worries have been largely dispelled.

FORBES: Antibiotic Breakthroughs Fall Short

According to Paul Iannini Paul Iannini , chairman of the department of medicine at Danbury Hospital and clinical professor of medicine at Yale University School of Medicine, the bacteria figured out how to get around the macrolides in two ways.

FORBES: Antibiotic Breakthroughs Fall Short

According to Paul Iannini , chairman of the department of medicine at Danbury Hospital and clinical professor of medicine at Yale University School of Medicine, the bacteria figured out how to get around the macrolides in two ways.

FORBES: Antibiotic Breakthroughs Fall Short