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Listen to a selection of short videos where UK and international experts share their views on the role of ZAVICEFTA® (ceftazidime-avibactam), share their clinical experience through patient cases in cUTI, cIAI or HAP/VAP, and in general about the challenges and management of Gram-negative infections.
Dr Luke Moore, Infectious Diseases Consultant at Chelsea and Westminster presents a Pseudomonas and CRE patient case.
Dr Luke Moore, Infectious Diseases Consultant at Chelsea and Westminster presents his experience with ceftazidime-avibactam in MDR Pseudomonas before discussing a pneumonia-related patient case.
Dr Luke Moore and Miguel Sanchez Garcia discuss clinical effectiveness of ZAVICEFTA in treating severe Gram-negative infections.
Listen to Paschalis Vergidis, Infectious Diseases Consultant at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, sharing his view on the challenges of MDR Gram-negative infections, and learn about his clinical experience managing a patient with renal transplant and the role of ceftazidime-avibactam in patients with cUTI.
Listen to Professor Jonathan Edgeworth, Consultant Microbiologist from Guy & St. Thomas, sharing his experience and difficulties with Gram-negative infections, the benefit of antibiotics to treat CRE and with efficacy vs MDR Pseudomonas. Learn about his experience with ceftazidime-avibactam in a patient with MDR Klebsiella (KPC and OXA 48).
Abbreviations
cUTI, complicated urinary tract infection, cIAI, complicated intra-abdominal infection; HAP, hospital-acquired pneumonia; VAP, ventilator-associated pneumonia; MDR, multi-drug resistant; BL/BLI, β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitors; CRE, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae; KPC, Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase; OXA, oxacillinase; ESBL, extended-spectrum β-lactamase; AMR, Antimicrobial Resistance
Prescribing information
Zavicefta® (ceftazidime and avibactam)
Great Britain
Zavicefta®(ceftazidime and avibactam) 2g/0.5 g Powder for Concentrate for Solution for Infusion
Northern Ireland
Zavicefta®(ceftazidime and avibactam) 2g/0.5 g Powder for Concentrate for Solution for Infusion
Meronem® (meropenem triydrate) IV 1g
Meronem® (meropenem triydrate) IV 500mg
Tazocin® (piperacillin sodium, tazobactam sodium) 2g/0.25g Powder for Solution for Infusion
Tazocin® (piperacillin sodium, tazobactam sodium) 4g/0.5g Powder for Solution for Infusion
Tygacil® (tigecycline)
Great Britain
Tygacil® (tigecycline) 50mg powder for solution for infusion
Northern Ireland
Tygacil® (tigecycline) 50mg powder for solution for infusion
Zyvox® (linezolid) 2 mg/ml solution for infusion
Zyvox ® (linezolid) 100 mg/5 ml granules for oral suspension
Zyvox ® (linezolid) 600 mg film-coated tablets
Amikacin (amikacin sulfate) 500mg/2ml solution for injection
Legal Category: Prescription Only Medicine (POM)
NHS Price: 5 vial pack £60.00
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Gentamicin (gentamicin sulfate) 40 mg/ml Injection
Legal Category: Prescription Only Medicine (POM)
NHS Price: 5 vial £20.00
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Ciprofloxacin (ciprofloxacin lactate) 2 mg/ml Solution for Infusion
Legal Category: Prescription Only Medicine (POM)
NHS Price: 10 bag £200.00
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Tobramycin (tobramycin)
Tobramycin 240mg/6ml solution for injection
Legal Category: Prescription Only Medicine (POM)
Basic NHS Cost: 1 vial £19.20
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Tobramycin 80mg/2ml solution for injection
Legal Category: Prescription Only Medicine (POM)
Basic NHS Cost: 5 vial £20.80
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