antimicrobial chemotherapy

This paper presents results of the study aimed to evaluate level of knowledge on antibacterial therapy and empiric use of antimicrobial agents in the treatment of respiratory infections in medical students. A total of 197 fifth and sixth year medical …

In 2010 the world celebrates the 65th anniversary when the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to A. Fleming, H. Florey, and E.B. Chain «for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases». Since then …

Materials and Methods. The aim of the study was to determine the structure of bacterial pathogens and their antimicrobial resistance in adult patients with acute maxillary sinusitis. A total of 311 strains isolated from 442 adult patients with acute maxillary sinusitis were included in the study during 2000–2003. Results. Clinically significant bacterial pathogens were isolated in 65.4% of patients; among them single microorganism were found in 87.3% of cases, >2 – in 12.

There is increasing recognition of a widening array of enteric patogens associated with illnesses of the gastrointestinal tract. Along with well-known microorganisms – Salmonella, Shigella and rotaviruses, agents such as enterohemorrhagic E.coli, …