CLINICAL EXPERIENCE WITH CEFEPIME IN COMPLICATED URINARY TRACT INFECTION

Twenty patients with complicated urinary tract infection were given cefepime at a daily dose of 2.0g by intravenous drip infusion for five days, and the following results were obtained. Clinical results were excellent in 6 cases, moderate in 10 and poor in 4. The overall clinical efficacy rate was 8...

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Published inCHEMOTHERAPY Vol. 39; no. Supplement2; pp. 227 - 231
Main Authors Mizutani, Shutaro, Kameoka, Hiroshi, Miyoshi, Susumu, Iwao, Norio, Higashimoto, Junzo, Shiota, Kenzo
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published Japanese Society of Chemotherapy 28.06.1991
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Cefepime
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Summary:Twenty patients with complicated urinary tract infection were given cefepime at a daily dose of 2.0g by intravenous drip infusion for five days, and the following results were obtained. Clinical results were excellent in 6 cases, moderate in 10 and poor in 4. The overall clinical efficacy rate was 80%. As to the bacteriological response, 38 strains were eliminated while 4 persisted out of 42. Nine new organisms appeared after treatment. During treatment the only side effect observed was a slight increase in GOT in one case out of total of 20 patients.
ISSN:0009-3165
1884-5894
DOI:10.11250/chemotherapy1953.39.Supplement2_227