title: [Clinical study of sultamicillin fine granules].
abstract: Sultamicillin, a mutual prodrug of a beta-lactam antibiotic and beta-lactamase inhibitor, was administered to 19 child patients with infectious diseases. The patients included 9 boys and 10 girls from 11 months to 13 years old and they were given orally a dosage of 15.4-40.8 mg/kg/day for 3 to 12 days. Clinical efficacies were excellent in 2 cases, good in 13 cases, fair in 3 cases, unknown in 1 case, and the total efficacy rate was 83.3%. Loose stool in 1 case and mild diarrhea in another occurred as side effects of the drug, but no abnormal laboratory test values were found upon the treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Tokushima University.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawakami
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Takeda
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D000667:Ampicillin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004304:Dosage Forms; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013407:Sulbactam / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D004304:Dosage Forms; C035444:sultamicillin; D000667:Ampicillin; D013407:Sulbactam