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[Cefotaxime monotherapy in bacterial meningitis in childhood]. / Cefotaxim Monotherapie der bakteriellen Meningitis im Kindesalter.
Monatsschr Kinderheilkd ; 134(10): 733-7, 1986 Oct.
Article en De | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-3796634
Bacterial meningitis in 20 children was treated with cefotaxime. 17 children received this antibiotic throughout the disease as monotherapy, three were changed to Penicillin G (2) or ampicillin (1), after sensitivity of the pathogen was known, although cefotaxime had been effective. All bacterial isolates were highly susceptible to cefotaxime. All CSF cultures were sterile at second tap, performed 24 to 48 hrs after therapy was started. Cefotaxime and desacetyl-cefotaxime concentrations in CSF, measured by HPLC in 9 patients were in the range of 4 to 34 (average 17.6) mg/l and 2.1 to 82 (average: 15.1) mg/l, representing a CSF-serum ratio of 8 to 74% (average 45.6%) for cefotaxime and 25 to 151% (average: 73.7%) for desacetyl-cefotaxime. Clinical outcome was favourable in 17 patients. There were one death and late neurological deficits in three. Cefotaxime monotherapy is recommended instead of standard therapy with chloramphenicol and/or ampicillin because of superior antibacterial activity, lower toxicity and lesser side-effects for primary meningitis in children caused by N. meningitides, S. pneumoniae, or H. influenzae type b.
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Bases de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Infecciones Bacterianas / Cefotaxima / Meningitis Límite: Child / Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Infant / Male Idioma: De Revista: Monatsschr Kinderheilkd Año: 1986 Tipo del documento: Article
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Bases de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Infecciones Bacterianas / Cefotaxima / Meningitis Límite: Child / Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Infant / Male Idioma: De Revista: Monatsschr Kinderheilkd Año: 1986 Tipo del documento: Article