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    Clarithromycin for community-acquired pneumonia in adults: focus on anti-inflammatory properties

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    Aim. To evaluate clinical efficacy, anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory activity of clarithromycin in adults with severe community-acquired pneumonia (sCAP). Materials and methods. A prospective observational study recruited adult hospitalized patients with verified sCAP. Clarithromycin was prescribed as a component of combination antibiotic therapy (ABT) with a -lactam antibiotic (AB). The choice of -lactam AB was carried out by the attending physician in accordance with national clinical guidelines and routine practice of the medical institution. Along with assessment clinical efficacy, the dynamics of inflammatory markers in blood serum was recorded: C-reactive protein, procalcitonin (PCT), tumor necrosis factor , interleukins 1-beta (IL-1) and interleukin 6 (IL-6). The total duration of ABT was 714 days. Results. Altogether 20 patients (13 males, 7 females) aged from 18 to 84 years old were enrolled. As a result of the use of combined ABT with -lactam AB and clarithromycin, a significant decrease in the level of C-reactive protein was noted by the 35th day of therapy (from 74.6 to 14.1 mg/l). An increase in serum PCT was observed in half of the patients; during treatment, the level of PCT significantly decreased. Similar dynamics was detected for IL-6 its content in the blood serum decreased by the time of the end of ABT by 6.8 times compared with the baseline. A decrease in the level of tumor necrosis factor to the reference value was observed in most patients already in the early stages by 35 days of ABT. The majority of patients showed positive dynamics of clinical signs and symptoms with resolution of respiratory failure and other complications of sCAP. In almost half of the patients, the criteria for clinical stability were achieved in the early stages, which made it possible to switch to oral ABT. Conclusion. The results of the study are consistent with literature data indicating a rapid decrease in inflammatory markers when clarithromycin is administered to patients with sCAP. Its results can be a starting point for comparative randomized trials assessing both clinical outcomes and immunological parameters when using different classes of antibiotics for the treatment of sCAP

    Результаты открытого нерандомизированного несравнительного исследования эффективности и безопасности левофлоксацина при внебольничной пневмонии и обострении хронического бронхита

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    The aim of the present study was to evaluate an efficacy and safety of 7-day outpatient therapy with Levofloxacin (500 mg once a day) in adults upward 18 years with community-acquired pneumonia or exacerbation of chronic bronchitis. The study involved 925 patients from 51 sites of Russian Federation: 442 patients with community-acquired pneumonia and 483 patients with exacerbation of chronic bronchitis. The clinical efficacy was assessed in 704 of them in 8-11 days after the finish of taking Levofloxacin. It was 97.5% in chronic bronchitis patients and 97.6% in pneumonia patients. The drug was well-tolerated. No-one patient was excluded from the study due to occurrence of serious adverse effects.Целью исследования явилась оценка эффективности и безопасности 7-дневного амбулаторного курса лечения левофлоксацином (500 мг 1 раз в сутки) взрослых больных (>18 лет), перенесших внебольничную пневмонию или обострение хронического бронхита. В исследование было включено 925 пациентов из 51 центра Российской Федерации: 442 с внебольничной пневмонией, 483 с обострением хронического бронхита. Клиническую эффективность препарата (на 8-11-й день после окончания приема левофлоксацина) удалось оценить у 704 больных: при обострении хронического бронхита она составила 97,5%, а при внебольничной пневмонии - 97,6%, что выявило хорошую переносимость левофлоксацина. Ни один пациент не был исключен из исследования вследствие развития серьезных нежелательных явлений

    Результаты многоцентрового нерандомизированного несравнительного исследования эффективности и безопасности левофлоксацина при внебольничной пневмонии среднетяжелого течения

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    The article shows results of Russian multi-center trial of efficacy and safety of levofloxacin in moderate community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) patients took place from October, 2001, to November, 2002, at Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Ekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk, Tyumen and Irkutsk. The trial involved 77 patients (37 females and 40 males with the average age of 40.8±14.4 yrs) admitted to a hospital with the CAP. Levofloxacin was given in a standard dose of 500 meg once a day, the average length of the treatment was 9.2 days. The clinical efficacy of the single-therapy with levofloxacin was 98.7%. Adverse effects were noted in 4 cases (nausea was in 4 patients and headache was in 1 patient). The therapy was abolished in 1 case due to the adverse effects.В статье представлены результаты российского многоцентрового исследования по оценке эффективности и безопасности левофлоксацина в лечении больных среднетяжелой внебольничной пневмонией (ВП), проходившего с октября 2001 по ноябрь 2002 г. в Москве, Нижнем Новгороде, Самаре, Екатеринбурге, Челябинске, Тюмени и Иркутске. В исследование были включены 77 пациентов (37 женщин и 40 мужчин; средний возраст составил 40,8±14,4 года), госпитализированных по поводу ВП. Левофлоксацин назначался в стандартной дозе 500 мг 1 раза в сутки внутрь, средняя продолжительность терапии составила 9,2 дня. Клиническая эффективность монотерапии левофлоксацином составила 98,7%. Нежелательные явления при приеме антибиотика были отмечены в 4 случаях (у 3 пациентов тошнота, у 1 головная боль), в одном случае из-за развития нежелательных явлений прием левофлоксацина был прекращен
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