title: [Monotherapy of Pseudomonas aeruginosa septicemia with azlocillin].
abstract: Azlocillin was administered alone to seven patients without malignant or blood disease presenting with septicaemia caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. In 6 cases the infection developed after surgery and in 3 of these it was responsible for a state of shock, twice associated with acute anuric renal failure. The minimum inhibitory concentrations of azlocillin varied from 2 to 32 micrograms/ml; 5 strains were resistant to carbenicillin. The minimum inhibitory to minimum bactericidal concentrations ratio, measured on five occasions, was equal to 2. Bacterial eradication was obtained in 6 patients. One patient with multivisceral failure died during treatment and in this case the responsible organism had become resistant to azlocillin.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001390:Azlocillin; D002228:Carbenicillin / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010403:Penicillin Resistance; D010406:Penicillins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000187:drug effects; D018805:Sepsis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D010406:Penicillins; D002228:Carbenicillin; D001390:Azlocillin
vernacular_title: Monothérapie des septicémies à Pseudomonas aeruginosa par azlocilline.