title: [Piperacillin/tazobactam in the treatment of abdominal sepsis in patients with peritonitis].
abstract: Piperacillin/tazobactam (P/T) was used in the treatment of 40 patients at the age of 22 to 64 years with intraabdominal infection (peritonitis, abscesses). P/T was administered as 30-minute intravenous infusions 4 or 3 times a day for 3 to 13 days. The recovery and improvement were stated in 80 and 10 per cent of the cases respectively. In 10 per cent of the patients the treatment failed because of surgical complications or insufficient surgical intervention or because of some other systemic diseases. The pathogens in the abdominal cavity were eradicated in 31 cases. In 5 cases the pathogen eradication was followed by superinfection. No relapses or pathogen persistence were recorded. Only in 1 case Edwardsiella tarda strains resistant to P/T were isolated from the abdominal cavity discharge and P/T resistant Aeromonas hydrophila strains from the urine by the 3rd or the 5th day of the treatment. The results are in favour of P/T as a drug of choice in the treatment of surgical patients with abdominal sepsis.
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Gel'fand
authors.forename: I Iu
authors.initials: IIu
authors.lastname: Lapshina
authors.forename: E N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Topazova
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Gel'fand
mesh_terms: D018784:Abdominal Abscess / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D000328:Adult; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010397:Penicillanic Acid / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D010878:Piperacillin / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000077725:Piperacillin, Tazobactam Drug Combination; D018805:Sepsis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000077725:Piperacillin, Tazobactam Drug Combination; D010397:Penicillanic Acid; D010878:Piperacillin