title: Treatment of serious obstetric and gynecologic infections with cefoxitin.
abstract: In order to evaluate the efficacy of cefoxitin, 25 patients with serious pelvic infections admitted to a community hospital were treated with the drug. Twenty-one patients (84%) responded to this therapy. Three of the four failures (75%) had a pelvic abscess. Resistant organisms included Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and enterococci. The adverse reactions encountered were due to localized phlebitis, which occurred in three patients (12%). The study demonstrated that cefoxitin was successful as a single agent in the treatment of serious soft-tissue pelvic infections.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D002440:Cefoxitin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D000292:Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000139:chemically induced; D017211:Treatment Failure
chemical_list: D002440:Cefoxitin