[Clinical evaluation of imipenem/cilastatin sodium in children].
Imipenem/cilastatin sodium (MK-0787/MK-0791) was evaluated for its safety, efficacy and pharmacokinetics in children. Thirty cases of bacterial infections were treated with MK-0787/MK-0791 at a daily dose of 40 to 222 mg/kg for 2.25 to 13 days. Clinical cure rate was 93% and bacteriological efficacy rate was 88%. Treated diseases included severe tonsillitis due to mixed anaerobic infections, pneumonia, sepsis, brain abscess and soft tissue infections. Two cases, one with periosteomyelitis due to methicillin-resistant S. aureus and the other with pulmonary abscess due to Haemophilus influenzae (other than type b), failed to respond to the MK-0787/MK-0791 therapy. The serum half-life of MK-0787 was 0.892 hour in children with normal renal functions. An episode of convulsions in a case of sepsis with bacterial croup and brain edema was considered to be associated with the MK-0787/MK-0791 therapy. From the present study, MK-0787/MK-0791 appears a safe and effective antibiotic when used in children with a variety of bacterial infections.
Meguro
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Arimasu
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Kobayashi
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Shiraishi
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Fujii
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Izumi
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D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015377:Cilastatin; D003521:Cyclopropanes / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004338:Drug Combinations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015378:Imipenem; D007223:Infant; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D013845:Thienamycins / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000378:metabolism
D003521:Cyclopropanes; D004338:Drug Combinations; D013845:Thienamycins; D015377:Cilastatin; D015378:Imipenem