title: Aztreonam in the treatment of gram-negative meningitis and other gram-negative infections.
abstract: Ninety patients (41 males, 49 females) with a diagnosis of meningitis, urinary tract infection (UTI), gastroenteritis or other miscellaneous gram-negative infections were enrolled. Their ages ranged from 7 days to 10 years, with a mean age of 4 months. 58 (63%) patients had an etiology confirmed by either positive culture (52; 89%) or latex agglutination (6; 10%). 41 of these patients had meningitis diagnosed by positive CSE culture (38) or by positive CSF latex agglutination (3); 27/41 patients also had positive blood cultures. Aztreonam MIC100 for 27 isolates of Haemophilus influenzae, all ampicillin-sensitive, was 0.19 micrograms/ml; 4 Salmonella sp., 1 Neisseria meningitidis and 1 Serratia marcescens isolates were inhibited by 0.19 micrograms/ml, and the MIC100 for 2 Klebsiella pneumoniae, 1 Proteus vulgaris and 2 Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates were 0.045 and 0.19, 0.022 and 12.5 micrograms/ml, respectively.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Robert Reid, Cabral Children's Hospital, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Feris
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Moledina
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.forename: W N
authors.initials: WN
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Puig
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Wiedermann
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ahmad
mesh_terms: D001398:Aztreonam / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000188:drug therapy; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008583:Meningitis, Haemophilus / Q000188:drug therapy; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D001398:Aztreonam