About Antibiotics

15 June 2026

Safety profile of meropenem: results of use in over 6,000 patients

A review published in 2007 confirmed the data on a favorable safety profile and good tolerability of meropenem in various categories of patients with severe infectious diseases.

14 June 2026

The efficacy and safety of ceftaroline in the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia - the results of a multicentre, randomized, double-blind, phase III study of FOCUS 2

Patients hospitalized for community pneumonia of risk classes III-IV according to the PORT scale and treated with ceftaroline have shown high clinical and microbiological efficacy of the treatment.

13 June 2026

New name Pneumocystis carinii - Pneumocystis jiroveci

The specific name of the causative agent of Pneumocystis pneumonia - Pneumocystis carinii has changed to Pneumocystis jiroveci.

12 June 2026

Candida is not the cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea

Candida toxins do not affect the development of antibiotic-associated diarrhea and there is insufficient evidence that excessive growth of Candida alone can cause antibiotic-associated diarrhea in adults.

11 June 2026

Comparison of two modes of prescribing azithromycin with phenoxymethylpenicillin in the treatment of acute streptococcal tonsillopharyngitis

In studies of the effectiveness of using a 3-day course of azithromycin at a dose of 10 mg / kg / day in children with acute tosillopharyngitis caused by group A streptococci, contradictory microbiological results have been obtained.

10 June 2026

Is cotrimoxazole effective in the treatment of acute otitis media?

Cotrimoxazole is often used to treat acute otitis media (OSA). Israeli scientists conducted a study on the bacteriological and clinical efficacy of cotrimoxazole in the treatment of ACC.