INHALATION ANTIBIOTICS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR THE CONTROL OF INFECTION IN CHILDREN WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS
The article discusses the problem of basis therapy in patients with chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection and cystic fibrosis. Authors showed the safety, good tolerance and high efficacy of constant treatment with special tobramycin solution delivered by nebulizer (Tobi) in children including one...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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"Paediatrician" Publishers LLC
2011-05-01
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| Series: | Voprosy Sovremennoj Pediatrii |
| Online Access: | https://vsp.spr-journal.ru/jour/article/view/624 |
| Summary: | The article discusses the problem of basis therapy in patients with chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection and cystic fibrosis. Authors showed the safety, good tolerance and high efficacy of constant treatment with special tobramycin solution delivered by nebulizer (Tobi) in children including ones under 6 years old. Even first inhalations of tobramycin result in decrease of Pseudomonas aeruginosa rate in bacterial inoculation or to it complete removal. The drug helps stabilization of clinical and functional state of patients, improvement of airflow and common state, and to clinical remission.Key words: children, cystic fibrosis, chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection, tobramycin, nebulizer therapy.(Voprosy sovremennoi pediatrii — Current Pediatrics. 2011; 10 (3): 119–123) |
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| ISSN: | 1682-5527 1682-5535 |