title: [Clinical study on sulbactam/ampicillin in the pediatric field].
abstract: A combination drug of sulbactam/ampicillin (SBT/ABPC) was intravenously administrated to 18 patients with ages 3 months to 10 years 10 months with various acute infections including 14 cases of pneumonia, 1 case each of tonsillitis, subacute bacterial endocarditis, empyema and suspected sepsis. Clinical responses were excellent in 14 cases and good in 4 cases. Bacteriological responses of 8 isolated strains were: 7 strains were eradicated and 1 strain was decreased. No side effect was observed in any case. Eosinophilia was observed in 2 cases, thrombocytosis in 2 cases, elevation of GOT in 1 case and elevations of GOT and GPT in 1 case. From the above results, it seemed that SBT/ABPC was a useful drug for the treatment of bacterial infections in the pediatric field.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Tokushima.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hosoda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ichioka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miyao
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000667:Ampicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013407:Sulbactam / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D000667:Ampicillin; D013407:Sulbactam