title: [Teichoplanin: a clinical study of treatment of serious infections in hospitalized patients].
abstract: The study was performed to evaluate the efficacy and the safety of teicoplanin in the treatment of serious Gram positive bacteria infections in hospitalized patients at high risk of complications. In a twelve month period, 13 patients were treated. Six of whom presented generalized infections with bacteremia and seven severe localized infections. Safety evaluation included pre, during and post treatment measurements of haematological and serum chemistry parameters. Clinical successes with microbiological eradication of pathogens were obtained in 11 out of 13 cases (84.6%). One persistence of infection (7.7%) and one Gram negative superinfection (7.7%) presented. Only in one patient we noted a transitory increase of creatinine level. Teicoplanin showed to be useful in the treatment of serious Gram positive infections in hospitalized patients.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica, Università La Sapienza, Roma.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Di Rosa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maira
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Guido
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Cossu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amoroso
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017334:Teicoplanin / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D017334:Teicoplanin
vernacular_title: La teicoplanina: studio clinico nel trattamento di gravi infezioni in pazienti ospedalizzati.