title: [Use of piperacillin/tazobactam as empirical monotherapy in the treatment of bacterial infections in a resuscitation department].
abstract: Fifteen patients with severe bacterial infection (12 with pneumonia) that developed in the resuscitation unit were subjected to the empirical monotherapy with piperacillin/tazobactam (P/T) or tazocin under an open randomized controlled experiment. P/T was administered intravenously in a dose of 4.5 g every 8 hours for 5 to 12 days (9.3 days on the average). When the monotherapy was not sufficiently efficient the patients were additionally treated with amikacin administered intravenously in a dose of 0.5 g every 8-12 hours. The favourable effect was observed in 14 patients (93 per cent). 7 of them were treated with P/T alone and 7 were treated with P/T in combination with amikacin. The primary pathogens were eradicated in 8 (73 per cent) out of the 11 patients treated with P/T alone. Before the treatment 34 microbial strains were isolated from the patients. 77 per cent of them were susceptible to P/T. The treatment with P/T resulted in eradication of 27 bacterial strains (79 per cent) including 67 per cent of gram-positive organisms and 86 per cent of gram-negative organisms. The adverse effects were recorded in 1 patient on the 6th day of the treatment: skin eruption and pruritus that required the treatment discontinuation. The results showed that the use of P/T in the initial empirical monotherapy of infections in patients under resuscitation conditions could be efficient.
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Iakovlev
authors.forename: T V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Shakhova
authors.forename: L I
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Dvoretskiĭ
authors.forename: Iu Ia
authors.initials: IuIa
authors.lastname: Romanovskiĭ
authors.forename: L V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Eremina
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Koroleva
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Orlova
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Zhulin
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kaĭnov
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects; D006748:Hospital Departments; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010397:Penicillanic Acid / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010878:Piperacillin / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000077725:Piperacillin, Tazobactam Drug Combination; D012151:Resuscitation; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000077725:Piperacillin, Tazobactam Drug Combination; D010397:Penicillanic Acid; D010878:Piperacillin