Hypoalbuminemia has been recently informed by us as a risk factor in aminoglycoside nephrotoxicity. Since amikacin has a low serum binding capacity to albumin, the present study was designed to determine if the higher risk of amikacin nephrotoxicity in patients with hypoalbuminemia was due to low serum albumin per se or to malnutrition. One-hundred and thirteen ward patients who received endove...

Monotherapy with isoniazid or amikacin or clarithromycin or combinations of two of these drugs showed nil to modest therapeutic activity in beige mice infected with Mycobacterium avium. However, the combination of all three, isoniazid-amikacin-clarithromycin, markedly reduced CFUs in both spleens and lungs after 91 days of infection.

The susceptibility of 128 clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa against amikacin, kanamycin, gentamycin, minocycline, colistin, chloramphenicol, claforan , piperacillin and carbenicillin were tested. Piperacillin, carbenicillin, amikacin and claforan are effective against at least 54% of strains tested. The susceptibilities of microorganisms to antibiotics were evaluated in different poin...

Background/Aims : Urinary tract infections are an important cause of mortality, especially in geriatric patients. The effectiveness urine culture and appropriate antibiotic use patients followed primary care is unknown. We aimed to compare the cultures susceptibility over age 65 who were treated at home by Home Health Services (ESH) inpatients Palliative Care Service (PBS).
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The pharmacokinetics of amikacin sulfate was investigated following a single intramuscular (i.m.) or subcutaneous (s.c.) administration (10 mg/kg). The plasma concentration versus time data were analysed using the biexponential equation for first-order absorption and elimination phases for both the i.m. and s.c. routes. The absorption half life values for the i.m. and s.c. routes were found to ...

INTRODUCTION Gram-negative multi-drug resistance is an emerging threat among pediatric patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Ceftolozane/tazobactam (C/T) is an extended-spectrum cephalosporin/beta-lactamase inhibitor combination that has been shown to maintain activity against MDR P. aeruginosa isolates. The understanding of C/T effectiveness in pediatric patients is extremely limited. Minimum in...

OBJECTIVE Empirical antibiotic treatment for febrile neutropenic patients has been the mainstay of treatment for many years. Beta-lactam antibiotics and aminoglycosides have been the most frequently used drug combination. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy, safety, tolerance and costs of single-daily ceftriaxone plus amikacin versus thrice-daily dose of ceftazidime plus amik...

Mục tiêu: Khảo sát đặc điểm sử dụng kháng sinh có độc tính thận của colistin, amikacin, tobramycin, vancomycin trên bệnh nhân bỏng tại Khoa Hồi sức Cấp cứu, Bệnh viện Bỏng quốc gia Lê Hữu Trác. Đối tượng và phương pháp nghiên cứu: Mô tả hồi cứu án 84 người lớn (từ 18 đến 60 tuổi) bị được điều trị khoa cấp Trác từ tháng 01/2020 12/2020. Kết quả: Tỷ lệ dùng một loại gồm: Colistin 13 (15,48%); Ami...

The MICs and MBCs of ciprofloxacin were determined for clinical isolates of antibiotic-resistant aerobic bacteria. Decreased susceptibility to ciprofloxacin of cefotaxime- and amikacin-resistant Serratia marcescens and amikacin-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains were noted. The data suggest that ciprofloxacin susceptibility should be carefully monitored in treating patients with hospital-...

The in vitro synergistic activity of aztreonam in combination with piperacillin, moxalactam, cefotaxime, cefoperazone, and amikacin was examined against multiply resistant isolates of the family Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Aztreonam in combination with amikacin demonstrated synergy against 71% of the isolates, whereas combinations of aztreonam plus a second beta-lactam demons...