title: Role of sulbactam/ampicillin and sultamicillin in the treatment of bacterial infections of the upper respiratory tract of children.
abstract: The combination of sulbactam and ampicillin is a safe and effective therapy for acute otitis media and acute epiglottitis in infants and children. Despite the lack of similar studies proving efficacy for other infections of the upper airway and certain adjacent structures, such as sinusitis, tonsillitis and cellulitis/abscess of the head and neck, this drug combination should also have a therapeutic role in the future for these conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, PA.
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Bluestone
mesh_terms: D000667:Ampicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004826:Epiglottitis / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000188:drug therapy; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000188:drug therapy; D013407:Sulbactam / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: C035444:sultamicillin; D000667:Ampicillin; D013407:Sulbactam