The aim of the study was to evaluate effectiveness cefepime/sulbactam in patients with intra-abdominal infection, nosocomial pneumonia (NP) or ventilator-associated (VAP) actual clinical practice. Material and methods. conducted 14 Russian Clinics from October 2019 March 2020. Study design: an open-label, prospective, non-comparative, multicenter, observational study. included who met inclusion...

The emergence of ciprofloxacin resistance in Shigella has shifted the attention to cephalosporins. The first occurrence of third generation cephalosporin-resistant Shigella flexneri was from France. This article reports the first case of cephalosporin-resistant S. flexneri from India. A 12-month-old child was admitted for a 20-day episode of loose stools, non-fetid, with mucus and blood. The st...

Empirical antibiotic therapy in seriously ill patients requires careful selection of antibiotics. This study was planned to determine the pattern of bacterial infections and culture sensitivities in patients admitted to a medical intensive care unit (ICU). Patients with positive bacterial cultures from specimens of blood, urine, endo-tracheal tube, suction catheter, and tracheal aspirates were ...