ABSTRACT
Efficacy and safety of oral ciprofloxacin were studied in a prospective study at three cystic fibrosis centres, covering 24 in-patients suffering from cystic fibrosis and acute bronchopulmonary exacerbation. The patients were between 10 and 17 years of age. Pseudomonas infection was present in 75% of these patients. Despite frequent persistence of the pathogens, clinical improvement was noted in 75% of the treated children. A definite increase of the average MIC was not seen in 20 cases of persisting strains. No serious side effects occurred during the 14-day oral treatment course. Ciprofloxacin is a useful alternative to conventional parenteral treatment with antibiotics in patients suffering from cystic fibrosis and infections of the airways.
Subject(s)
Bacterial Infections/drug therapy , Ciprofloxacin/therapeutic use , Cystic Fibrosis/drug therapy , Respiratory Tract Infections/drug therapy , Adolescent , Child , Ciprofloxacin/adverse effects , Dose-Response Relationship, Drug , Drug Administration Schedule , Female , Humans , Male , Pilot Projects , Prospective StudiesSubject(s)
Cephalosporins/therapeutic use , Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections/drug therapy , Adult , Cephalosporins/adverse effects , Cephalosporins/pharmacokinetics , Child , Dose-Response Relationship, Drug , Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections/blood , Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections/microbiology , Humans , Microbial Sensitivity Tests , Product Surveillance, PostmarketingSubject(s)
Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use , Bacterial Infections/microbiology , Dental Care , Mouth Diseases/microbiology , Tooth Diseases/microbiology , Bacterial Infections/diagnosis , Bacterial Infections/drug therapy , Bacteriological Techniques , Humans , Microbial Sensitivity Tests , Mouth Diseases/diagnosis , Mouth Diseases/drug therapy , Tooth Diseases/diagnosis , Tooth Diseases/drug therapyABSTRACT
W. Siegenthaler's and G. Siegenthaler-Zuber's opinion, according to which in the majority of infections in practice an etiological (microbiological) diagnosis may be renounced and the guiding slogan "before therapy the gods have placed the diagnosis" should be relativized for the situation in the practice in contrast to the situation in the clinic, is opposed. Microbiological findings represent an unrenouncable basis for a rational antimicrobial chemotherapy in practice and clinic. In the individual case this does not exclude a calculated chemotherapy on account of a clinical and microbiological tentative diagnosis made by the physician in charge. But at the latest when the empiric therapy fails an efficient microbiologic diagnostics must be at our disposal.