title: [Clinical use of gentamicin in the field of surgery (author's transl)].
abstract: Gentamicin (GM) was intramuscularly administered to 24 patients with various infections (including 1 for prophylaxis of a postoperative infection) in the dose of 40 mg X 2/day for 4-26 days. In children, the maximum daily dose was 3.4 mg/kg and the minimum was 1.2 mg/kg (mean: 2-3 mg/kg). The results obtained are as follows: 1) Clinical efficacy of GM was excellent in 2, good in 9, fair in 4, null in 4 and indeterminate in 5, out of 24 cases. The effective rate was 57.9% (11/19). 2) In 21 strains isolated in 13 cases out of 24, efficacy of GM was good in 10, fair in 5, null in 3 and indeterminate in 3. The effective rate was 55.6% (10/18). 3) No significant side effect was observed in this clinical study.
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000188:drug therapy; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000188:drug therapy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002761:Cholangitis / Q000188:drug therapy; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000188:drug therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000188:drug therapy; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000188:drug therapy; D018805:Sepsis / Q000188:drug therapy; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D005839:Gentamicins