Background Many patients with an exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD) are treated with antibiotics. However, the value of antibiotics remains uncertain, as …

Background: A study was undertaken to determine whether a short course of antibiotic
treatment (⩽ 5 days) is as effective as the conventional longer treatment in acute …

Bacterial infections causing acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(AECOPD) frequently require antibacterial treatment. More evidence is needed to guide …

A recently published ERS core outcome set recommends that all trials of COPD
exacerbation management should assess the treatment success (or “cure” of the …

Cefditoren is the active form of cefditoren pivoxil, an oral cephalosporin antibiotic used for
the treatment of respiratory tract infections and otitis media caused by bacteria such as …

Fifteen years after its licensure, this revision assesses the role of cefditoren facing the
current pharmacoepidemiology of resistances in respiratory human-adapted pathogens …

Acute bronchitis is one of the most common infections reported in children under 5 years of
age, and is a leading cause of hospitalisation. In general practice, confusion surrounds the …

Background The aim of this open-label, randomized, parallel-group pilot study was to
evaluate the efficacy of cefditoren pivoxil and levofloxacin in terms of speed of reduction in …

La gravedad de la agudización de la EPOC viene dada por el grado de la alteración
funcional del paciente en fase estable, por lo que las mediciones espirométricas constituyen …

The aim of this study was to evaluate the in vitro antibiotic susceptibility of respiratory
pathogens recently isolated in italy to commonly used antibiotics including cefditoren. Six …