title: A comparison of parenteral sulbactam/ampicillin versus clindamycin/gentamicin in the treatment of pelvic inflammatory disease.
abstract: 60 hospitalized patients with pelvic inflammatory disease entered a randomised study to compare the therapeutic efficacy and tolerability of parenteral sulbactam/ampicillin with that of clindamycin/gentamicin. All 49 pathogens isolated at entry from 21 evaluable patients in the sulbactam/ampicillin group were eradicated. 34 out of 35 pathogens isolated from 18 evaluable patients in the clindamycin/gentamicin group were eradicated. All pathogens resistant to ampicillin in vitro were eradicated. The bacteriological, clinical and overall responses for the sulbactam/ampicillin group were 100%, 85.7% and 85.7%, respectively, compared with 97.1%, 94.4% and 94.4%, respectively, for the clindamycin/gentamicin group. The sulbactam/ampicillin combination was well tolerated.
mesh_terms: D000667:Ampicillin / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002981:Clindamycin / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007263:Infusions, Parenteral; D000292:Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010397:Penicillanic Acid / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011897:Random Allocation; D013407:Sulbactam; D065093:beta-Lactamase Inhibitors
chemical_list: D005839:Gentamicins; D065093:beta-Lactamase Inhibitors; D002981:Clindamycin; D000667:Ampicillin; D010397:Penicillanic Acid; D013407:Sulbactam