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Drug factsNew Antibiotics Spectrum for problematic pathogens
It is a nightmare for ID physicians and microbiologists when it comes to select appropriate antibiotics to fight problematic pathogens like: ESBLS MDR Pseudomonas CRE (carbapenem resistant enterobacteriaceae) However, currently there are many ABs that are released in the market or under development to fight those hard to treat infections. The below chart shows the…
Oct 14, 2019
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IDweek 2017 Ideas Board – How IDs think
IDweek IDweek is one of the most popular events that carried out annually, at IDweek key infectious disease leaders and physicians with other interested partners meet and talk about infections. They are infection fighters or superbugs killers. One of the most funny images that has been circulated recently about a board where the ID or…
Oct 8, 2017
How To ?How antibiotic resistance develops – infographs
A lot of people including few or more of healthcare professional don’t know how antibiotic resistance is developed or they don’t recognize the real risk of their contribution in antibiotic resistance either by overusing certain classes of antimicrobial all the time which is known as “Selective pressure” or abusing antibiotics when there is no real…
May 6, 2017
Drug facts170 facts that should be known about Antibiotics
Whether you are a pharmacist, ID specialist, microbiologist, pharmacy student or anyone who is interested or reviewing antibiotics I will put here the MUST know tips, facts and notes about Antibiotics. You can use these facts for fast reviewing antibiotics, they cover almost every single antibiotic class with very important notes and tips that should…
Apr 15, 2017
Drug factsMode of Action for Antibiotic Classes – Quick tips
Knowing how do Antibiotics work and fight the infection is an important step for treatment. Resistance is emerging rapidly to most classes and we have to control the use of Antibiotics and avoid misuse or overuse in both community and healthcare society. Developing Antibiotics resistance has many unfavorable outcomes: Increase the rates of mortality and…
Apr 5, 2017
GeneralIs Tedizolid really an alternative to Linezolid ?
Short answer, yes! Tedizolid (SIVEXTRO™) is a novel oxazolidinone antibiotic approved recently for acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI) and I believe it is a matter of time until being approved for other indications like pneumonia (HAP/VAP). But is it really with additional benefits over Linezolid ? Short answer, No! So I am…
Mar 10, 2017
GeneralPfizer – the house of Anti-Infective drugs
Probably you know about one of the latest acquisitions of the giant US based company Pfizer Inc. Pfizer has acquired small molecules business of Astrazeneca’s anti-infectives. New products to be added to Pfizer Anti-Infective portfolio: Zinforo(ceftaroline fosamil). Zavicefta (CAZ-AVI). Merrem/Meronem(meropenem). ATM-AVI. CXL. In addition to the current Pfizer Anti-Infective found in this video : Source :…
Sep 22, 2016