title: Comparative non-blind trial of ceftriaxone and gentamicin in the treatment of complicated urinary tract infections.
abstract: Forty hospitalized patients with complicated urinary tract infections were treated with gentamicin 240 mg die i.m. or ceftriaxone, a new parenteral cephalosporin, 2 g die i.v. for 7 days. Ceftriaxone gave good clinical and bacteriological results which were better than those obtained with gentamicin, showing also an appreciable activity in cases of infection due to problematic organisms.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002439:Cefotaxime / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002443:Ceftriaxone; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005260:Female; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D011512:Proteus Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D005839:Gentamicins; D002443:Ceftriaxone; D002439:Cefotaxime