title: Cefixime versus trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole in treatment of patients with acute, uncomplicated lower urinary tract infections.
abstract: One hundred six patients with acute, uncomplicated lower urinary tract infections participated in a randomized study that compared cefixime (one 400-mg tablet once daily) with trimethoprim (160 mg)/sulfamethoxazole (800 mg) (one tablet every 12 hours). Two cefixime recipients and 3 patients given trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole had courses that were not evaluable for efficacy. At five to nine days post-therapy, 98 percent of the patients in each treatment group had clinical cure and bacteriologic eradication. At four to six weeks post-therapy, 87 percent (34/39) of the cefixime-treated patients and 83 percent (33/40) of those given trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole had clinical cure and 90 percent (35/39) and 93 percent (37/40) of the patients in the respective treatment groups had bacteriologic eradication. Adverse clinical experiences or changes in the results of laboratory tests were few. Thus, a once-daily dose of cefixime was as safe and as effective as a twice-daily regimen of trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Tennessee, Memphis.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Cox
mesh_terms: D000892:Anti-Infective Agents, Urinary / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D020682:Cefixime; D002439:Cefotaxime / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D013997:Time Factors; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000892:Anti-Infective Agents, Urinary; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination; D020682:Cefixime; D002439:Cefotaxime