antimicrobial agents

Objective. To assess the actual practice of conducting clinical and economic studies of antimicrobial medicines included in the federal drug restrictive lists in the period from 2017 to the present. Materials and Methods. As part of the study, the lists of Vital and Essential Drugs in the period from 2017 to 2021 were analyzed for the identification of newly included Class J medicines «Antimicrobial drugs for systemic use» followed by a search for available clinical and economic studies.

Self-treatment with antibiotics and their OTC-dispensing is one of the major problems associated with the inappropriate use of antibiotics. The study was aimed to identify the features of the behavior of patients and pharmacists in antibiotics’ …

The present study was conducted within the framework of Saint Petersburg’s multi-purpose programmes initiated in 2014 to restrain antimicrobial resistance. The study was observational and retrospective. The analysis included three maternity …

This article describes the factors contributing reduced efficacy of antimicrobial agents in elderly patients, as well as the factors and mechanisms compromising safety of this drug class. Specific aspects of the administration of different …