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Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a common cause of morbidity and mortality and is associated with the consumption … erythromycin and clarithromycin, which require a longer treatment duration. However, the potential for prolonged subinhibitory … pharmacokinetic drug interactions than erythromycin or clarithromycin. According to US prescribing information, orally administered …
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This article reviews perioperative antibacterial prophylaxis, a discrete in-hospital intervention that prevents surgical site infections and reduces the costs of complications and adverse effects of care. Clinical trials have shown that, when used appropriately, prophylactic antibacterial agents...
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Neutropenic patients with cancer are at risk of serious infection, particularly if neutropenia is severe or prolonged. Because patients with neutropenia have a diminished inflammatory response, fever is sometimes the first, and only, sign of infection. Prompt empirical antibacterial therapy is...
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eradication therapy using an omeprazole/amoxicillin/metronidazole regimen (or omeprazole/clarithromycin if allergic to penicillin …
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costs when compared with the other antibacterials. Low dosages of clarithromycin and azithromycin followed amoxicillin in …. Interventions: The antibacterials studied were amoxicillin, amoxicillin/clavulanate, azithromycin, cefaclor, cefuroxime axetil and … clarithromycin. Main outcome measures and results: The main outcome measured was the proportion of patients showing resolution or …
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clarithromycin versus 2 dual therapies (lansoprazole or omeprazole, each with amoxicillin) in the eradication of Helicobacter pylori … therapy with lansoprazole, amoxicillin and clarithromycin is more cost effective than dual therapy because of a higher …
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Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a common cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide and places a large burden on … tolerability profile and be administered in a simple dosage regimen for good compliance. Streptococcus pneumoniae remains the most … common causative pathogen in nonsevere and severe CAP, although the incidence of this organism varies widely. S. pneumoniae …
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Coronary heart disease (CHD) emerged in North America and Europe as a leading cause of disease and death in the mid 20th century, and is now rapidly increasing in developing nations. By the mid 1980s, American and European academic institutions had issued several sets of guidelines indicating...
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This article describes 3 approaches to improving diabetes care in a health maintenance organisation (HMO) setting. The first approach was to identify which patients had not received a dilated eye examination in the past year, notify both them and their physician, and provide each with...
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Outpatient parenteral antibacterial therapy (OPAT) is an increasingly popular means of containing the costs of antibacterial therapy, by avoiding the need for hospitalisation or allowing early discharge from hospital, in patients with serious infections. It also offers increased comfort and...
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