Antimicrobials

Daptomycin is the only clinically used member of a cyclic lipopeptides class of antibiotics. Daptomycin has rapid bactericidal activity against not only rapidly growing, but also against slow growing bacterial cells including those in biofilms. …

Posaconazole is a second generation triazole with a broad spectrum of activity, which first appeared on the market in 2005 in the form of a suspension for oral administration. Despite some progress made in the framework of clinical trials, the …

Over the several decades, medical and pharmaceutical science has been trying to solve the problem of antimicrobial therapy inefficiency due to rapidly increasing antimicrobial resistance. One of the antimicrobial agents being capable to overcome the …

Antimicrobial use in food animal medicine has become an important political and scientific issue, especially in relation to the contribution that animal sourced antimicrobial resistance might play in human medicine, leading to calls at a political …

Increase in prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains among the pathogens of complicated skin and soft tissue infections (cSSTIs) in hospitalised patients demands introduction of new treatment options with improved …

The efficacy of antibacterial therapy is determined by multiple factors, including pharmacokinetic (PK) parameters of the antimicrobial agent. The predictive value of PK parameters has been confirmed in a number of in vivo experiments and clinical …

Bifidobacterium lactis BB-12 and Lactobacillus acidophilus LA-5 are the well-known probiotic strains. This review presents data on efficacy of the administration of BB-12 and LA-5 strains in several GI tract disorders: treatment of diarrhea, …

Objective. To assess a potential for the use of fosfomycin as a component of polymethyl methacrylate-based bone cement in the topical treatment of periprosthetic infection. Materials and Methods. The most common pathogens of periprosthetic joint infection isolated during the 2013–2014 were studied. Susceptibility of 358 S. aureus and 19 E. coli strains to vancomycin, fosfomycin, and gentamicin was determined. Antimicrobial activity duration for the control samples of the gentamicin-containing bone cement (DEPUY CMW 1 GENTAMICIN) and the experimental samples with addition (per 20 g of cement) of 1 g or 2 g of vancomycin (5% or 10%), 2 g or 4 g of fosfomycin (10% or 20%) was investigated.

Objective. To determine the prevalence of medication errors associated with the use of penicillin-group antibiotics through analysis of national spontaneous reporting database. Materials and Methods. The study involved examination of 1123 spontaneous reports about adverse drug reactions related to penicillin-group antibiotics. All these reports were sent to Russian safety database in the period from 01.01.2012 till 01.08.2014. To identify cases of medication errors we used Russian drug labels, standards of medical care and practical guidelines for certain diseases.

This paper presents data on in vitro activity of native honey against bacterial isolates with extreme resistance phenotypes. Comparison of antimicrobial activity of foreign honey preparations approved for the local treatment of infections with that …