title: An open non-comparative pilot study of the safety and efficacy of oral sultamicillin in the treatment of mild to moderate upper respiratory tract infections in children.
abstract: A total of 49 children (20 females, 29 males; age range, 6 months-12 years) with upper respiratory tract infections (otitis media, sinusitis, pharyngitis and/or tonsillitis) were treated orally with 25 mg/kg.day sultamicillin suspension in two equal doses for an average of 9.2 days. There was bacteriological evidence of sultamicillin-sensitive pathogens in 44 patients prior to treatment. On completion of treatment, 42 (85.7%) patients were rated as clinically cured and there was improvement in the remaining seven (14.2%) patients. Pathogens were totally eradicated in 32/44 (73.7%) cases but were still present in two (4.5%) and in 10 cases follow-up bacteriological evaluation was not possible. Tolerability of sultamicillin was good and only three possible or probable treatment-related adverse events were recorded.
authors.affiliation: Hospital La Misericordia, Bogota, Colombia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Argüello
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000667:Ampicillin / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D001936:Moraxella catarrhalis; D016870:Neisseriaceae Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D013407:Sulbactam / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: C035444:sultamicillin; D000667:Ampicillin; D013407:Sulbactam