title: [Use of meropenem in patients with neutropenia].
abstract: Meropenem was used in the treatment of 14 infectious complications in 11 patients including 8 with acute myeloid leukemia due to the cytostatic therapy, 1 with chronic myeloid leukemia, 1 with aplastic anemia and 1 with acute intermittent porphyria. At the moment of the meropenem use critical neutropenia (less than 500 granulocytes per 1 ml) in 11 cases (79 per cent) was stated. The drug was administered as intravenous infusions in a dose of 1 g every 8 hours for 4 to 41 days (the median of 11 days). 9 out of the 14 infectious complications were cured (the body temperature normalized and all the inflammation foci were eliminated), among them 6 out of 8 pyocyanic sepsis. Eradication of gram-negative bacteria was observed in 8 out of 10 cultures of the biological materials. No toxic complications or electrolytic disorders due to the drug use were recorded. The drug tolerance was good.
authors.affiliation: Hematologic Research Centre, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Kliasova
authors.forename: V G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Savchenko
authors.forename: E N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Parovichnikova
authors.forename: T V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Tolkacheva
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Shulutko
authors.forename: N D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Khoroshko
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D000077731:Meropenem; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D013845:Thienamycins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D013845:Thienamycins; D000077731:Meropenem
vernacular_title: Primenenie meropenema u bol'nykh s neĭtropenieĭ.