title: [Ceftazidime with and without tobramycin versus azlocillin plus tobramycin in the therapy of bronchopulmonary infections in intensive care patients].
abstract: In a still ongoing open, randomized prospective trial the preliminary data of 50 intensive care patients on artificial ventilation were analysed. The evaluation included clinical and bacteriological efficacy and tolerance of ceftazidime alone or in combination with tobramycin versus azlocillin plus tobramycin. Artificially ventilated patients who had been treated in an intensive care unit for at least five days were selected to enter the study because of a high probability of colonisation with gram-negative bacteria. 16 patients were treated for bronchopulmonary infection with ceftazidime alone, and 17 each were treated with ceftazidime plus tobramycin or with azlocillin plus tobramycin. In the ceftazidime group nine patients were cured and three were improved (75% clinical success). Of the patients treated with ceftazidime plus tobramycin, 11 were cured and one was improved (75% clinical success); one patient died from very severe multiple trauma. In the azlocillin-tobramycin group, six patients were cured and two were improved (57% clinical success). Two patients from this group died from their underlying disease and another died from multiple organ failure due to septicemia.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Anästhesie und Intensivmedizine, Zentralkrankenhaus, Bremen.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kljucar
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heimesaat
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: von Pritzbuer
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Olms
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001390:Azlocillin / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002442:Ceftazidime / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011897:Random Allocation; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D014031:Tobramycin / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D002442:Ceftazidime; D001390:Azlocillin; D014031:Tobramycin
vernacular_title: Ceftazidim mit und ohne Tobramycin versus Azlocillin plus Tobramycin in der Therapie bronchopulmonaler Infektionen bei Intensivpatienten.