title: [Use of metronidazole in treatment of postoperative obstetric infections (author's transl)].
abstract: Thirteen patients with abscess of the abdominal wall, including one case of endomyometritis following caesarean section, received metronidazole treatment (Vagimid), on the first two days of therapeutic action. The dosage was 500 mg twice per days, some of the applications combined with antibiotics. Proper healing was achieved in the majority of the cases. Clinical symptoms improved very soon, and hospitalisation could be shortened. Metronidazole was well tolerated. Microbiological tests were undertaken, and gas chromatography was used to establish from pus anaerobic metabolic products.
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000188:drug therapy; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008795:Metronidazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011645:Puerperal Infection / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D008795:Metronidazole
vernacular_title: Behandlung von postoperativen geburtshilflichen Infektionen mit Metronidazol.