[Efficacy of sodium imipenem/cilastatin on patients of complicated urinary tract infections--following the failure of prior antimicrobial agents].
Clinical efficacy of sodium imipenem/cilastatin was studied on 45 patients with complicated urinary tract infections, on whom prior antimicrobial agents were ineffective. A 0.5g dose of IPM/CS was administered by drop infusion twice a day for 5 days. The clinical efficacy was evaluated according to the criteria of the Japanese UTI committee. Of a total of 65 strains, 29 strains of gram positive bacteria and 36 strains of gram negative bacteria, were detected as causative microbials. Bacteriologically, 23 strains of gram positive bacteria (79%) and 34 strains of gram negative bacteria (94%) were eradicated following the treatment. S. aureus, E. faecalis and Flavobacterium sp. were less sensitive to IPM/CS. Overall clinical effectiveness rate of IPM/CS in the present study was 87%. Adverse drug side effects were observed in six patients, namely they were eruption, headache and slight elevation of serum transaminase. These findings suggest that IPM/CS is an effective agent for the treatment of complicated UTI even when the prior medicine was ineffective.
Yoshida
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Department of Urology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical School.
Kobayashi
N
N
Tohsaka
A
A
Uchijima
Y
Y
Takeuchi
S
S
Saitoh
H
H
Negishi
T
T
Yamada
T
T
Nagamatsu
H
H
Masuda
H
H
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015377:Cilastatin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000077728:Cilastatin, Imipenem Drug Combination; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D004351:Drug Resistance; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015378:Imipenem / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004338:Drug Combinations; D015377:Cilastatin; D015378:Imipenem; D000077728:Cilastatin, Imipenem Drug Combination