title: [An empirical combination of antibiotics used in aplasias during chemotherapy for acute malignant hemopathies (author's transl)].
abstract: Continuous infusion of amikacin, cotrimoxazole and carbenicillin was the second empirically established combination of antibiotics used when fever occurred during the induction phase of chemotherapy in sixty-five patients (58 acute myeloid leukemias, 5 acute lymphoid leukemias, 2 non Hodgkin lymphomas). Clinical evidence of infection was available in 25 cases and the infection was bacteriologically documented in 19 cases. Therapy was successful in 57 patients (89%). When infection was clinically or bacteriologically documented tha success rates were 92 and 82% respectively. The average length of treatment was ten days. In 25 patients receiving 2 g of amikacin in continuous infusion, the mean serum concentration was 15,9 micrograms/ml; in 17 patients receiving 3 g, the mean serum concentration was 19,4 micrograms/ml.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000583:Amikacin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002228:Carbenicillin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004338:Drug Combinations / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013420:Sulfamethoxazole / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014295:Trimethoprim / Q000008:administration & dosage; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004338:Drug Combinations; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination; D000583:Amikacin; D014295:Trimethoprim; D002228:Carbenicillin; D013420:Sulfamethoxazole
vernacular_title: Une association antibiotique empirique secondaire au cours des traitements chimiothérapiques aplasiants des hémopathies aiguës.