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Antibiotic resistance is one of the greatest public health challenges of
our time—few treatment options exist for people infected with
antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeon (AAOS):
American Academy of Orthopedic
Surgeon (AAOS) developed 14 strong and moderate-strength recommendations to
decrease surgical site infections after major extremity trauma
Summary of Recommendations
1. Initial
Antibiotics
Early delivery of antibiotics is...
Best Practice Advice from the
American College of Physicians
The American
College of Physicians (ACP) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
have recognized antibiotic-resistant infections as a global threat.
Antimicrobial overuse, particularly with broad-spectrum antibiotics, drives
resistance and causes adverse events in u...
Cefuroxime is a 2nd generation cephalosporin
group of broad-spectrum β-lactam antibiotics.Clavulanic acid is a beta lactamase inhibitor
used to enhance the effectiveness of beta lactam antibiotics. Clavulanic acid
does have some degree of bacterial activity; its principal role is as a
beta-lactamase inhibitor. Used in combination with the beta-...
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association: October,
2023Cefepime and
piperacillin-tazobactam are commonly administered to hospitalized adults for
empirical treatment of infection. Although piperacillin-tazobactam has been
hypothesized to cause acute kidney injury and cefepime has been hypothesized to
cause neurological dysfunction,...
eClinicalMedicine Journal: The LANCET: Published on December, 2022Gram-negative bacteremia is common
in both community and health care settings, with a significant increase in
incidence described for some Gram-negative bacteria in recent years.Prolonged duration of antibiotic
therapy for such common infections may lead to increased resistance em...
Cefuroxime is a 2nd generation cephalosporin group of broad-spectrum β-lactam
antibiotic.Clavulanic acid is a
beta lactamase inhibitor used to enhance the effectiveness of beta lactam
antibiotics.Cefuroxime and Clavulanic Acid: A
combination of cefuroxime and ß -lactamase inhibitor (Clavulanic acid) for the
treatment of various bacterial infec...
Antibiotics treatment for bacterial
pneumonia in adults in hospital
Antibiotic management of
suspected or confirmed bacterial pneumonia in adults in hospital during the
COVID-19 pandemic. This includes people presenting to hospital with moderate to
severe community-acquired pneumonia and people who develop pneumonia while in
hospital.COVID...
Cefuroxime is the 2nd
generation cephalosporin group of broad-spectrum β-lactam antibiotic. And Clavulanic
acid is a beta lactamase inhibitor used to enhance the effectiveness
of beta lactam antibiotics.CEFUROXIME- CLAVULANATE is
indicated for the treatment of patients with mild to moderate infections caused
by susceptible strains of the desig...
Key facts
Antibiotic
resistance is one of the biggest threats to global health, food security,
and development today.
Antibiotic
resistance can affect anyone, of any age, in any country.
Antibiotic
resistance occurs naturally, but misuse of antibiotics in humans and
animals is accelerating the process.
A gr...