title: [Treatment with a cefotaxime-fosfomycin combination of staphylococcal or enterobacterial meningitis in adults].
abstract: Thirty-two patients were included in this trial: 22 with staphylococcal meningitis (including 5 methicillin-resistant) and 10 with enterobacterial meningitis. Mean duration of treatment was 14.5 and 15.9 days respectively. The combination was synergistic in vitro against 10 of the 12 strains of Staphylococcus and 5 of the 6 strains of Enterobacteriaceae studied. Bacteriological sterilization occurred in all cases which could be evaluated, and clinical recovery was obtained in 95.2% of patients with staphylococcal meningitis (4 unrelated deaths) and 100% of patients with enterobacterial meningitis (2 deaths). Bactericidal power of the cerebro-spinal fluid, often less than 1/8, was not correlated with effectiveness against Staphylococci. Mean CSF concentrations of cefotaxime, desacetylcefotaxime and fosfomycin on the 2nd and 15th days of treatment were 4, 3.5 and 39.8 mg/l and 2.2, 2.1 and 28.0 mg/l, respectively. Clinical and biological acceptability was satisfactory. There were three cases of superinfection or colonization, by Pseudomonas and Enterobacter.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002439:Cefotaxime / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000187:drug effects; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D005578:Fosfomycin / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D005578:Fosfomycin; D002439:Cefotaxime
vernacular_title: Traitement par l'association céfotaxime-fosfomycine des méningites de l'adulte à staphylocoques ou à entérobactéries.