CMAC 2017; 19(3)

A review of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of spondylitis in adults

Spondylitis is a common disease in general clinical practice, which can be associated with a serious risk of adverse outcomes and …

Karpov I.A., Gorbich Yu.L., Solovey N.V., Raznitsyna O.T.

Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2017; 19(3):181-198

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Epidemiology of S. pneumoniae serotypes in the Russian Federation

The prevalence of the common serotypes of S. pneumoniae in the Russian Federation was estimated in healthy carriers as well as children …

Muravyev A.A., Kozlov R.S., Lebedeva N.N.

Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2017; 19(3):200-206

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Fluoroquinolone use restrictions in patients with uncomplicated infections and safety issues

n May 2016, US FDA advised to restrict fluoroquinolones use in patients with acute sinusitis, acute exacerbations of chronic …

Ushkalova E.A., Zyryanov S.K.

Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2017; 19(3):208-212

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Antibiotic dosing in obesity: size does matter?

Currently, from 15 to 50% of the population in the developed countries has obesity. Overall, patients with obesity have a higher risk …

Andreeva I.V., Stetsiouk O.U., Kozlov R.S.

Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2017; 19(3):214-228

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Factors affecting a variability of serum vancomycin concentrations in clinical practice

This study assessed vancomycin concentrations in standard dosing regimens in a routine clinical practice and determined factors …

Kostitsyna M.A., Zagorodnikova K.A.

Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2017; 19(3):229-234

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Carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative bacteria in the Russian research center of radiology and surgical technologies

Objective. To assess an incidence rate of carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative bacteria isolated from patients in the RRCRST. …

Polishchuk A.G., Yakubovich E.I., Polukhina O.V., Osovskikh V.V., Evtushenko V.I.

Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2017; 19(3):235-242

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The molecular characteristics of antibiotic-resistant strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated in traumatology hospitals

This study analyzed a prevalence of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae strains obtained in the Privolzhsky Federal Medical …

Gordinskaya N.A., Brusnigina N.F., Alekseeva A.E., Solntzev L.A., Savochkina Yu.A., Sabirova E.V., Abramova N.V., Karaseva G.N.

Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2017; 19(3):243-246

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Four cases of resistance mutations in 23S rRNA gene in Mycoplasma pneumoniae isolated from the hospitalized military personnel

Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a bacterial pathogen cause of upper and lower respiratory tract infections, transmitted by airborne droplets, …

Edelstein I.A., Edelstein M.V., Romanov A.V., Zaitsev A.A., Rakovskaya I.V., Barkhatova O.I., Antipushina D.N., Kozlov R.S.

Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2017; 19(3):248-253

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A pharmacoepidemiological study of patient-pharmacist interaction in antibiotics’ dispensing at a pharmacy

Self-treatment with antibiotics and their OTC-dispensing is one of the major problems associated with the inappropriate use of …

Reshetko O.V., Yakimova Yu.N.

Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2017; 19(3):255-259

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Analysis of effectiveness criteria in pharmacoeconomic studies of antimicrobial agents proposed for inclusion in the Russian essential drug list in the 2014 -2016

Objective. To estimate proportion of hard and surrogate endpoints used as effectiveness criteria in pharmacoeconomic studies of …

Gomon Yu.M., Kolbin A.S.

Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2017; 19(3):260-264

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