title: [Treatment of septicemias and skin infections in burn patient by teicoplanin. Study of its skin diffusion].
abstract: In this study, teicoplanin was administered to burnt patients by IV and IM route in monotherapy or in association with other antibiotics. 12 cases of septicaemia and 8 severe cutaneous cocci Gram + infections were treated. Dosage varied from 5 mg/kg to 14 mg/kg. Clinical cure was observed in 89% of cases, and eradication of cocci Gram + in 83%. The MICs of Staphylococcus were between 0.25 micrograms/ml and 4 micrograms/ml, with a majority of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus at 1. Average through serum concentrations were 7.4 micrograms/ml, and peak serum concentrations were 26 micrograms/ml (1 hour after injection). Tolerance was good in 19 of the 20 cases (95%). Skin levels of teicoplanin were found to be 1.6 times the through serum level. It was noted that in burnt patients whose UBS is superior to 100, the dose should be increased by about 50%.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000378:metabolism / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006020:Glycopeptides / Q000378:metabolism / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018805:Sepsis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D012869:Skin Absorption; D013207:Staphylococcal Skin Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D017334:Teicoplanin
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D006020:Glycopeptides; D017334:Teicoplanin
vernacular_title: Traitement des septicémies et infections cutanées chez le brûlé par la téicoplanine. Etude de sa diffusion cutanée.