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Single-dose treatment with netilmicin for different clinical forms of urinary tract infections

Therapie verschiedener klinischer Formen von Harnwegsinfektionen mit einer Einzeldosis von Netilmicin

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A group of 44 patients with various clinical forms of urinary tract infections received a single dose of 300 mg netilmicin i.m. The treatment was efficacious in all patients with infections which were negative in the antibody-coated bacteria test and not complicated by anatomic and/or functional abnormalities of the kidneys and urinary tract. After three weeks the recurrence rate was only 19%. Single-dose treatment also proved very effective against urinary tract infections in renal transplant patients whose infection is almost always located in the lower urinary tract. In contrast, the short-term results of treatment were much poorer in complicated infections and particularly in urinary tract infections which were positive in the antibody-coated bacteria test; here, the recurrence rate was 67%.

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44 Patienten mit verschiedenen klinischen Formen von Harnwegsinfektionen wurden mit einer Einzeldosis von 300 mg Netilmicin i.m. behandelt. Die Therapie erwies sich als sehr wirksam gegen Infektionen bei allen Patienten mit negativen Ergebnissen im Test auf antikörperbeladene Bakterien und ohne anatomische und/oder funktionelle Nieren- und Harnwegsanomalien. Nach drei Wochen rezidivierte die Infektion nur bei 19% der Patienten. Nierentrans-plantierte patienten, bei denen die Infektion fast immer in den unteren Harnwegen lokalisiert ist, sprachen ebenfalls sehr gut auf die Behandlung mit einer Einmaldosis Netilmicin an. Die kurzfristigen Behandlungsergebnisse waren dagegen bei komplizierten Infektionen, insbesondere bei Harnwegsinfektionen mit positivem Test auf antikörperbeladene Bakterien, sehr viel schlechter; die Rezidivrate betrug 67%.

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Prát, V., Horčičková, M., Hatala, M. et al. Single-dose treatment with netilmicin for different clinical forms of urinary tract infections. Infection 12, 99–101 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01641681

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