title: [Fundamental and clinical studies on cefpimizole in the field of obstetrics and gynecology].
abstract: The findings from fundamental and clinical studies on cefpimizole (AC-1370) in the treatment of infections in obstetrics and gynecology are reported. We investigated the transfer of AC-1370 into female genital tissues of 6 patients and the transfer of the drug into the pelvic dead space exudate in 9 patients by means of determining its concentrations in the tissues 90 to 210 minutes after the end of intravenous drip infusion of the drug over 1 hour. The mean concentration was 13.06 micrograms/g for the oviduct, 16.50 micrograms/g for the ovary, 16.50 micrograms/g for the endometrium, 14.92 micrograms/g for the myometrium, 16.58 micrograms/g for the uterine cervix, 17.75 micrograms/g for the portio vaginalis, 10.46 micrograms/ml for the uterine arterial serum and 9.91 micrograms/ml for the antecubital venous serum. The drug proved to be well transferred into the pelvic dead space exudate; it reached a peak of mean 2 hours after the end of the intravenous drip infusion of the drug over 1 hour, then decreased steadily, and was found to be a mean of 16.7 micrograms/ml even 8 hours after the end of the intravenous drip infusion. Four patients with infections in obstetrics and gynecology were then treated with AC-1370. Three out of the 4 patients responded to the treatment, while the response of another patient was unknown. None of the 4 patients showed any side effects of the drug or any abnormalities in laboratory findings.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002511:Cephalosporins / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000378:metabolism / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D005122:Exudates and Transudates / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005836:Genitalia, Female / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007263:Infusions, Parenteral; D010388:Pelvis; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D002511:Cephalosporins; C038845:cefpimizole