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The use of cefotaxime in the treatment of gram-positive pneumonias

Cefotaxim zur Behandlung gram-positiver Pneumonien

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A single-blind, prospective, randomized comparison of cefotaxime and cefazolin was conducted in 356 patients with gram-positive pneumonias. Clinical cure was achieved in 95.9% of patients receiving cefotaxime and 94% of patients receiving cefazolin. In a sub-group of patients withStaphylococcus aureus pneumonia, clinical cure was obtained in 31 of 37 patients treated with cefotaxime and all of six patients treated with cefazolin. Cefotaxime was well tolerated, safe, and efficacious. These data support the use of cefotaxime as an initial single antibiotic in treating patients with gram-positive pneumonias due to susceptible organisms.

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Cefotaxim und Cefazolin wurden in einer prospektiven, randomisierten einfach kontrollierten Studie bei 356 Patienten mit grampositiver Pneumonie verglichen. Bei 95,9% der mit Cefotaxim und 94% der mit Cefazolin behandelten Patienten wurde eine klinische Heilung erzielt. In der Untergruppe von Patienten mitStaphylococcus aureus-Pneumonie wurden 31 von 37 mit Cefotaxim und alle sechs mit Cefazolin behandelten Patienten klinisch geheilt. Cefotaxim wurde gut vertragen, war sicher und wirksam. Diese Daten bestätigen, daß sich Cefotaxim für die initiale Monotherapie von Patienten mit grampositiver Pneumonie durch empfindliche Erreger eignet.

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Jenkinson, S.G. The use of cefotaxime in the treatment of gram-positive pneumonias. Infection 13 (Suppl 1), S14–S17 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01644211

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