title: [Treatment of intra-abdominal infections with beta-lactam antibiotics. Results of some controlled prospective studies].
abstract: Between April, 1980 and August, 1985, 240 patients were operated on for localised or generalised intraabdominal infection and in addition received anti-microbial therapy. Thirty-one patients were treated with latamoxef, 33 with ceftazidime, 20 with ceftriaxone, 47 with imipenem/cilastatin, and 109 with a combination of aminoglycosides and clindamycin (control group). The indications for surgery included: post operative peritonitis; gall bladder empyema; perforated gastroduodenal ulcer; perforation of the small intestine with or without ileus; perforated appendicitis; perforation of the colon. On average, treatment with latamoxef amounted to 12 days, with ceftazidime: 9.4 days, with ceftriaxone 8.4 days and with imipenem/cilastatin 6.7 days. The clinical success occurred in 84% of those treated with latamoxef, 79% for ceftazidime, 50% for ceftriaxone and 81% for imipenem/cilastatin. The rate of clinical success for patients treated with an aminoglycoside/clindamycin combination was 58%. The effectiveness of the beta-lactam antibiotics studied was at least equal to that of the aminoglycoside/clindamycin combination. The beta-lactam antibiotics had the advantage of a simpler clinical application, unlike treatment with aminoglycosides, where serum level monitoring is necessary. These clinical results were not as a rule improved upon following an extension of the period of treatment by one week.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Chirurgie, Kantonsspital, St. Gallen.
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Gonzenbach
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002442:Ceftazidime / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011897:Random Allocation; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002442:Ceftazidime
vernacular_title: Die Behandlung intraabdomineller Infektionen mit Beta-Laktam-Antibiotika. Resultate einiger kontrollierter prospektiver Studien.