Comparison of single dose netilmicin with a five-day course of co-trimoxazole for uncomplicated urinary tract infections.
Women with uncomplicated urinary tract infections were randomly allocated to either a single 150 mg intramuscular dose of netilmicin or a standard five-day course of oral co-trimoxazole. Twenty-one of 22 were cured with netilmicin and all 20 with co-trimoxazole. No patient treated with netilmicin developed any side effects or obvious toxicity. Following co-trimoxazole one woman developed a severe skin rash and another nausea. Netilmicin is another drug which is highly effective when used in a single dose regimen for the treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infections. There are many advantages of this approach to the management of a common clinical problem.
D000284:Administration, Oral; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004338:Drug Combinations / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular; D008875:Middle Aged; D009428:Netilmicin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011897:Random Allocation; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D013420:Sulfamethoxazole / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D014295:Trimethoprim / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology
D004338:Drug Combinations; D005839:Gentamicins; D009428:Netilmicin; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination; D014295:Trimethoprim; D013420:Sulfamethoxazole