Clinical evaluation of netilmicin in the field of internal medicine.
An open clinical trial was carried out to evaluate therapeutic efficacy and safety of netilmicin. Forty hospitalized adult patients suffering from complicated urinary tract infections (UTI) (19), lower respiratory tract infections (20), septicemia (3) and soft tissue infection (1) due to in vitro susceptible microorganisms were admitted to the study. Twenty-nine of these patients had severe underlying diseases interfering with host defenses. Twenty-nine out of the 40 patients (73%) were cured and 6 (15%) had a favorable clinical response giving an overall satisfactory clinical response of 88%. Eradication of causative microorganisms was obtained in 29 (73%) patients, and three substitutions during or at the end of treatment were observed. Netilmicin was well tolerated: neither clinical abnormalities of otovestibular function nor hepatic or hematological alterations were found, while only two patients developed a mild and transient increase of BUN and creatinine serum levels.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001996:Bronchopneumonia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005260:Female; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009428:Netilmicin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*
D005839:Gentamicins; D009428:Netilmicin