title: Cefetamet pivoxil a new oral cephalosporin: clinical evaluation.
abstract: Cefetamet pivoxil, an oral cephalosporin, was given to 683 patients; 414 received standard antibiotics. 1.5 and 1.2 g of cefetamet pivoxil were fully effective in gonorrhea. In two trials in uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTI) 2 g cefetamet as a single dose was significantly superior (93.3% cure) to 2 g cefadroxil (74.4% cure) and 90.8% vs. 74.7% cure. Results in complicated UTI with 2 g cefetamet for 10 days were 87.9% cure and 71.4% cure with cefadroxil. In acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis 88% were cured with cefetamet (101 patients) and 80% with cefaclor (n = 94). In acute ear-nose-throat infections, the response rate was 89% and 93% with 1 or 2 g cefetamet per day, respectively. Adverse events were noticed in 6% of the 683 cefetamet-treated patients; they were rapidly reversible.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Research, F. Hoffmann-La Roche & Co. Ltd., Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kissling
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Germano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fernex
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D015296:Ceftizoxime / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D015296:Ceftizoxime; C047445:cefetamet pivoxyl