Fusidic acid for the treatment of antibiotic-associated colitis induced by clostridium difficile
- 1 July 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Infection
- Vol. 12 (4) , 276-279
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01645961
Abstract
Twenty courses of fusidic acid were given to 16 patients with antibiotic-associated colitis caused byClostridium difficile. Fusidic acid was given in a dose of 0.5–1.5 g daily for seven to 21 days. Diarrhoea disappeared rapidly. Clinical relapse occurred after five courses and once when the patient was still on treatment. Clinical cure with persistence or reappearance of toxin occurred in four further patients. Nineteen courses of metronidazole were given to 19 patients who experienced six failures or relapses. Seven courses of vancomycin were given to five patients, three of whom had had relapse. Five patients healed without treatment. The relapses occurred only in old and prostrated patients. They often recurred several times in the same patient. 0.5 g of fusidic acid daily appears to be as effective as vancomycin and metronidazole for the treatment ofC. difficile-induced colitis. Sechzehn Patienten mit Antibiotikaassoziierter Colitis durchClostridium difficile wurden in 20 Therapiezyklen mit Fusidinsäure behandelt. Die Behandlung mit Tagesdosen von 0,5–1,5 g dauerte sieben bis 21 Tage. Die Diarrhöe sistierte rasch. In fünf Fällen trat nach der Therapie ein Rezidiv auf, in einem Fall unter der Therapie. Bei weiteren vier Patienten kam es zur klinischen Heilung, während jedoch die Toxinausscheidung persistierte oder rezidivierte. Im gleichen Zeitraum wurden bei 19 Patienten 19 Therapiezyklen von Metronidazol verabreicht, dabei kam es in sechs Fällen zum Therapieversagen oder zu Rezidiven. Bei fünf Patienten, von denen drei einen Rückfall erlitten hatten, wurde in sieben Therapiezyklen Vancomycin verabreicht. Bei fünf Patienten trat ohne Medikamente eine Heilung ein.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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