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Clindamycin phosphate in severe infections mainly caused by bacteroides fragilis: Clinical and microbiological evaluation

Clindamycin-Phosphat-Behandlung bei schweren von Bacteroides fragilis hervorgerufenen Infektionen

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Clindamycin phosphate was given in a dose of 3.9 gr/24 hr (60 mg/kg/24 hr for children) to 20 patients aged from 6 to 84 years and suffering from a severe infection, due to Bacteroides fragilis in 10 cases. This antibiotic was given by continuous i.v. infusion without any serious side-effects. The average serum and urinary levels obtained were 11.3 and 650 gamma/ml respectively. In the majority of cases this indicates marked antibacterial activity, not only against gram-positive germs but also against B. fragilis. The overall therapeutic assessment can be summarized as follows: 12 recoveries (eight B. fragilis infections), three partial successes and four failures (one Cl. perfringens septicemia and one B. fragilis septicemia). The results are uninterpretable in the latter case.

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Klinische und mikrobiologische Untersuchungen. Clindamycin wurde in einer Dosis von 3,9 g/24 Stunden (60 mg/kg täglich im Kindesalter) 20 Patienten im Alter von 6–84 Jahren verabreicht, die unter schweren Infektionen litten, wovon 10 durch B. fragilis hervorgerufen wurden. Das Chemotherapeutikum wurde in Form einer Dauerinfusion ohne ernsthafte Nebenwirkungen angewendet. Die mittleren Serum- und Urinkonzentrationen lagen bei 11,3 bzw. 650µg/ml. In der Mehrheit der Fälle konnte eine hervorragende antibakterielle Aktivität festgestellt werden, und zwar gegenüber grampositiven Keimen wie auch gegenüber B. fragilis. Die Gesamtbewertung kann in folgender Weise zusammengefaßt werden: 12 Heilungen (8 davon bei B.-fragilis-Infektionen), 3 Teilerfolge und 4 Fehlschläge (1 davon war eine Cl.-perfringens-Sepsis und 1 eine B.-fragilis-Sepsis). In einem Fall war das Ergebnis nicht interpretierbar.

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Schoutens, E., Van Beers, D. & Yourassowsky, E. Clindamycin phosphate in severe infections mainly caused by bacteroides fragilis: Clinical and microbiological evaluation. Infection 2, 59–63 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01642022

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