antimicrobial therapy

Multicenter prospective non-comparative open-label clinical study to assess clinical and microbiological efficacy and safety of josamycin (16-memebered macrolide) in adults with non-severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) was performed. Patients …

Pneumonia is the common bacterial infection among elderly patients in nursing homes and long-term care facilities. Pneumonia in that population is often severe and associated with high mortality. The high prevalence of this infection, diagnostic …

Efficacy of regional standard of care «CommunityAcquired Pneumonia» and Sverdlovsk regional healthcare program «Intensive Care» were assessed. This paper presents results of retrospective analysis of ICU hospitalizations for severe community-acquired …

In this paper currently available data on the management, diagnosis and treatment of bacterial meningitis were discussed in accordance with the principles evidencebased medicine. The guideline represents data published through May 2004 in this …

According to the Guidelines of European Respiratory Society and European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.

Clinical guidelines that comply with the principles of evidence-based medicine are one of the most trustworthy sources …

A variety of resistance mechanisms and free transfer of resistance genes whithin a gender as well as among Enterobacteriaceae lead to a number of problems in the choice of antibacterial therapy of shigellosis. Many conventional antimicrobials used …

In developed countries as well as in Russia enteric fever occurs rarely, whereas several areas in the world are still endemic. At present, prevalence of resistance to most of conventional antimicrobials in Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi is …

The recent approaches to the treatment of endocarditis caused by Enterococcus spp., including strains that are resistant to conventional therapy, are discussed in the article. The possible ways of reduction of nephrotoxicity in elder patients and in …

The regimens of antimicrobial therapy of urinary tract infections in pregnant women based on data on antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of urinary pathogens in Russia are suggested.For obstetricians, gynecologists, urologists, clinical …

Present article describes the experience of development of the protocols of antimicrobial therapy in one single medical institution – the hospital of Krasnodar municipal medical center. The main purpose for the development of such protocols is the …