title: [Clinical analysis of MRSA pneumonia. Niigata Research Group of MRSA.ABK].
abstract: Aged or immuno-compromised patients were mostly affected, by pneumonia caused by infection of MRSA, and more than half of the cases were superinfected with glucose-nonfermentative Gram-negative rods including Pseudomonas aeruginosa. These patients were treated with a monotherapy of arbekacin (ABK) by intravenous drip administration or with a combination of ABK and imipenem/cilastatin, ceftazidime or antifungals. The clinical efficiencies were 55.6% in 11 monotherapy cases and 83.3% in combined therapy. MRSA was eradicated in 31.9% of the patients. These results are comparable with, or superior to the vancomycin therapy in the treatment of MRSA pneumonia. When MRSA is isolated from sputum of pneumonia patients, the discrimination between colonization and infection is important, but the diagnosis is very difficult in many clinical cases before the initiation of chemotherapy. The number of bacteria and the grade of inflammation should be carefully scored before starting a chemotherapy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arakawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sega
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Honma
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miyao
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimazu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsukada
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hoshino
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sato
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000617:Aminoglycosides; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D003982:Dibekacin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D011023:Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000617:Aminoglycosides; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D003982:Dibekacin; D014640:Vancomycin; C031986:arbekacin