Antimicrobials

Bacterial vaginosis is a common disease of female genital tract. It is characterised by substitution of lactobacteriae, which are predominant part of normal vaginal flora, with Gardnerella vaginalis and anaerobes, and has serious social and medical …

Translated and reprinted with permission from «Chemotherapie Journal» 2007; 16:41-8.

The main objective of this study was to compare the efficacy of levofloxacin in hospitalized patients suffering from pneumonia to other antibiotic options by …

In spite of development of number of new antimicrobials of other classes, aminoglycosides are still widely used in clinical practice. Their rapid bactericidal activity against the majority of common human pathogens as well as synergism with some …

The carbapenems are one of the most important classes of antimicrobial agents with an exceptionally broad spectrum of in vitro activity in association with low toxicity and beneficial pharmacokinetic parameters. Spectrum of activity of imipenem, …

Invasive aspergillosis remains as a frequent cause of lethality in hematological patients. The authors retrospectively analyzed the experience of caspofungin usage in 20 hematological patients with invasive aspergillosis in different medical centers …

Invasive fungal infections are still a growing problem of modern medicine. The prevalence of invasive fungal infections significantly increased during the last few decades concurrently with the increasing number of immunocompromised patients. The …

Macrolides are widely used antibiotics in a variety of infections, especially community-aquired. The clinical success of macrolides is due to their activity against classical causative agents, intracellular pathogens, and some protozoa. Of great …

The aim of this study was to assess clinical efficacy of topical chloramphenicol in comparison to topical mupirocin in the treatment of mild to moderate communityacquired skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI). A total of 150 adult immunocompetent …

Multicenter prospective non-comparative open-label clinical study to assess clinical and microbiological efficacy and safety of josamycin (16-memebered macrolide) in adults with non-severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) was performed. Patients …