title: Five-day versus ten-day treatment of acute otitis media with cefprozil.
abstract: A randomized comparative clinical trial was conducted to investigate the possibility of decreasing the duration of treatment of acute otitis media by comparing the clinical outcome and safety of a five-day and a ten-day course of cefprozil. A total of 708 pediatric patients were enrolled in the study, 560 of whom were evaluable for efficacy. Cefprozil was found to be completely effective in 87.1% of cases after five days of treatment, and in 91.2% after ten days of treatment. Of 19 patients with three or more previous episodes of acute otitis media, ten patients in the ten-day treatment group had a 100% cure rate, while in the five-day group four experienced cure, three improvement, and two failure. A five-day course of treatment with cefprozil can be recommended only if children have no history of recurrent acute otitis media.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Paediatries, P & A Kyriakou Children's Hospital, University of Athens, Athens 11527, Greece.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Kafetzis
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Astra
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mitropoulos
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D002511:Cephalosporins / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D000097670:Cefprozil
chemical_list: D002511:Cephalosporins; D000097670:Cefprozil