Antibiotics stop working? Since the discovery of penicillin, humanity has been constantly conducting a kind of “arms race” with the world of bacteria, which have learned to adapt quickly after the advent of new antibiotics. And, alas, today in this race we have gradually begun to lag behind the opponent. In the face of the […]
Does amoxicillin retain its position today?
Over the past 100 years, a number of discoveries and inventions in the field of chemistry and medicine can rightfully be attributed to the most significant: vaccines, X-rays, blood substitutes, the discovery of the structure of DNA. But, according to doctors, it was penicillin that became the main medical, chemical and biological discovery of the […]
11 rules – How to take antibiotics correctly
How to take antibiotics correctly, the first rule Any antibiotics should be taken only as prescribed by a doctor. The main rule is to use antibiotics only in cases when it is impossible to do without them. Indications for the use of antibiotics – the appearance of signs of an acute bacterial infection, which the […]
New antibiotics have been approved in the United States
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has registered a new indication for the use of Recarbrio (a combination of imipenem, cilastatin and relebactam) for the treatment of hospital pneumonia (GP) and ventilator-associated or ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia (VAP) in patients aged 18 years and older. Previously, Recarbrio was registered for the treatment of severe infections […]
The world before antibiotics
The world before antibiotics: nowadays, it is difficult to even imagine that once a banal injury – a cut, wound or burn-could cost a person his life due to infection and subsequent blood poisoning. And such serious diseases as pneumonia, meningitis, tuberculosis or syphilis almost always meant a death sentence for the patient and the […]
Basic rules of antibacterial therapy
The basic rules of antibacterial therapy can be formulated as follows: Establish the causative agent of the disease; Determine the drugs to which the pathogen is most sensitive; In case of an unknown pathogen, use either a drug with a wide spectrum of action, or a combination of two drugs, the total spectrum of which […]
Vitamin D deficiency and cystitis
Vitamin D deficiency and cystitis: inflammatory diseases of the lower urinary tract (cystitis) are among the most common urological diseases in outpatient practice. As is known, women suffer from them 30 times more often than men (the incidence rates among women are 500-700 episodes per 1000, while among men aged 21 to 50 years, the […]
Is the era of antibiotics coming to an end?
According to the World Health Organization, by 2022, more than 80% of existing antibiotics will become useless, as bacteria will become resistant to them. However, doctors do not give up. And they offer solutions that will allow creating new generations of drugs. Ri Yang and his colleagues from the University of Texas have adopted the […]
Appendicitis in children and antibiotics
It is known that the main method of treatment of acute appendicitis is considered an emergency surgical removal of the organ. In uncomplicated forms of acute appendicitis, the operation is performed through an incision in the right lower abdomen or by laparoscopic method – through separate punctures of the abdominal wall. Scientists have found that […]
Recommendations for the use of antibiotic in respiratory infections
The American College of Physicians has issued guidelines for the recommendations for the use of antibiotic for common infections. The guidelines were published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine. Often, doctors prescribe longer courses of antibiotic therapy to prevent the development of antibiotic resistance. However, experts noted that the excessive use of antimicrobial drugs […]