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Oral third-generation cephalosporins in the treatment of community-acquired urinary tract infections

Cephalosporins are one of the most commonly used antimicrobials for the treatment of variety of bacterial infections. Prudent use of the third-generation cephalosporins is important for the control of spread of cephalosporin-resistant Gram-negative …

Oral Third-Generation Cephalosporins in Current Outpatient Clinical Practice

This paper presents current issues with the oral thirdgeneration cephalosporins in outpatient clinical practice. These data are based on the principles of appropriate antimicrobial therapy, national antimicrobial susceptibility data, and …

Comparative Efficacy of Azithromycin and Cefixime in the Treatment of Acute Infectious Invasive Diarrhea in Children

This paper describes a multicenter, randomized study to compare clinical and microbiological efficacy, and safety of azithromycin (Sumamed®, Teva) and cefixime (Suprax®, Gedeon-Richter) in the treatment of acute infectious invasive diarrhea in …

Cefixime vs Ciprofloxacin for Acute Uncomplicated Cystitis: Clinico-Economic Study

Objective. To evaluate clinico-economical effectiveness of short course of cefixime and ciprofloxacin in women with acute uncomplicated cystitis. Materials and Methods. A prospective randomized clinico-economic study of effectiveness of cefixime and ciprofloxacin in 104 patients with acute uncomplicated cystitis. Results. At visit 2 (day 8) microbiological cure rates were detected in 95.9%, 55.6% and 71.4% of patients from Group 1 (cefixime), Group 2-a (ciprofloxacin 250 mg BID) and Group 2-b (ciprofloxacin 500 mg BID), respectively.

The Use of Cefixime in the Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases

Cefixime is the first oral 3-rd generation cephalosporin. This antimicrobial agent has good oral bioavailability (40-50%); Cmax in blood (2.6-4.8 mg/I)is achieved in 4 hours after single oral dose, maximal tissue concentration - in 6.7 hours. …