[Treatment of aspiration pneumonia with piperacillin].
Clinical efficacy and safety of piperacillin were evaluated in 30 patients with a severe aspiration pneumonia admitted in our intensive care unit from july 1987 to december 1988. 20 women and 10 men (with a mean SAPS: 14) had a right pneumonia in 17 cases, left in 6, bilateral in 7 cases. A pathogen was isolated in 18 patients by protected distal catheterism, in 3 patients by blood cultures. 25 patients cured. However with a high isolation of Staphylococci it appears reasonable to associate piperacillin with an aminoglycoside before the obtention of bacteriological results.
Ducroix
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Service de Médecine Interne E, CHR Nord, Amiens.
Tondriaux
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Smail
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Lobjoie
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Laurans
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Baillet
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010878:Piperacillin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011015:Pneumonia, Aspiration / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology
D010878:Piperacillin
Traitement des pneumopathies d'inhalation par la pipéracilline.