Search Tag: intra-abdominal infections

ICU Management

Antimicrobial-use-for-iai-new-guidance

2016 11 Oct

Guidance on empiric antimicrobial therapy for patents with intra-abdominal infections (IAI) has been drawn up by a task force from 79 countries, the  Antimicrobials: A Global Alliance for Optimizing their Rational Use in Intra-Abdominal Infections- AGORA project. The experts recommend timely effective source control with appropriate antimicrobial therapy...Read more

Pharmacy Management

Fda-approves-new-antibiotic-avycaz

2015 01 Mar

The FDA has approved the combination of ceftazidime-avibactam (CAZ-AVI). The antibiotic under the brand name of Avycaz will be marketed by Forest Laboratories and is indicated to treat adults with complicated intra-abdominal or urinary tract infections, including kidney infections. Ceftazidime is a third generation of cephalosporin that was approved...Read more