Management of severe systemic infections caused by multiple resistant organisms
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
- Vol. 6 (suppl A) , 269-272
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/6.suppl_a.269
Abstract
Fifty-two patients suffering from infections caused by multi-resistant bacteria were treated with cefotaxime. Twenty-six had urinary tract infection, 12 septicaemia, 8 respiratory tract infection, 6 meningitis, 1 endocarditis, 1 soft tissue infection, and 1 typhoid fever. Three patients had dual infections. Treatment was successful in 39 patients, including one with endocarditis, and another with meningitis caused by a highly resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae strain. The patient with typhoid fever failed to respond to cefotaxime. There were few side-effects apart from 4 patients who developed rashes.Keywords
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