antimicrobial activity

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 …

Honey is a traditional topical treatment for infected wounds was rediscovered in recent years. There are now many published reports describing the effectiveness of honey in rapidly clearing infection from wounds, with no adverse effects. In …

Minimal inhibitory concentrations (MIC) was used to describe the activity of 8 systemic antimicrobials and antiseptic hexetidine against clinical strains of Streptococcus pyogenes. All tested agents showed high activity against Group A streptococci, …

Galenophyllipt is a new natural antiseptic for oral administration and topical use that is similar to commercially available medicinal product Chlorophyllipt. The both products are promising agents for clinical use because of their low toxicity and …

The carbapenems are class of beta-lactam antibiotics with exceptionally wide spectrum of activity, beneficial pharmacokinetic parameters and low toxicity as well. Such agents as imipenem and meropenem have already been succesfully used for a long …

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 …

Azithromycin is one of the most commonly used macrolides in the treatment of respiratory tract infections. Azithromycin is a popular antimicrobial due to a number of its unique pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties. This review describes the …

Beta-lactams are the most commonly used class of antimicrobial agents for the treatment of community-acquired and nosocomial infections. One of the resistance mechanisms for this class is a production of beta-lactamases. To overcome this problem, the …

Discovery and introduction into the clinical practice of macrolide antibiotics is one of the major advances in the history of antimicrobial therapy. The most prescribed macrolide is azithromycin, which is due to a number of its unique pharmacokinetic …