[Effectiveness and tolerance of cefixime in bacterial urinary tract infections in patients with myelomeningocele]. / Wirksamkeit und Verträglichkeit von Cefixim bei bakteriellen Infektionen der Harnwege bei Patienten mit Myelomeningozele.

28 myelomeningocele patients (aged 2-30 years) with clinical symptoms of acute UTI participated in this open uncontrolled clinical trial at the Orthopedic University Hospital of Heidelberg (Dir.: Prof. Dr. H. Cotta). 4 patients were treated with 200 mg cefixime tablets bid, 24 patients received 4 mg/kg body weight cefixime suspension bid, according to age and weight of the patients. The duration of treatment was 6-10 days. Clinical and microbiological examinations were carried out before therapy as well as 1 day and 5 to 9 days after the end of treatment. The data of 25 patients could be evaluated for bacteriological and clinical efficacy. 5-9 days after treatment in 22 patients (88%) complete recovery was stated. In 3 patients a reinfection occurred. In 24 patients (96%) the baseline pathogens were eliminated under cefixime therapy. 5-9 days after the end of treatment in 3 patients reinfection was observed. Clinical side effects could be detected in 1 patient (vomiting). These results indicate that the oral cephalosporin cefixime is efficient and well tolerated in complicated UTI of myelomeningocele patients.

[Effectiveness and tolerance of cefixime in comparison with penicillin V in bacterial pharyngitis and tonsillitis in children. Cefixime Study Group]. / Wirksamkeit und Verträglichkeit von Cefixim im Vergleich zu Penicillin V bei bakterieller Pharyngitis und Tonsillitis bei Kindern. Cefixim Studiengruppe.

154 children aged 2 to 12 years with clinical diagnosis of bacterial pharyngitis and/or tonsillitis and--in most of the patients--a positive enzyme immunoassay for group A beta-hemolytic streptococci before therapy were enrolled in this open controlled randomized and multicenter trial. The children received either 8 mg/kg bodyweight cefixime once daily or 20,000 I.E. pencillin V/kg bodyweight t.i.d. Clinical evaluation and microbiological tests were carried out before treatment and 1-5 days after end of the treatment. 3-4 weeks after end of the treatment the rate of relapses was evaluated. The data of 149 children could be evaluated for clinical efficacy. In the cefixime group 93.3% of the children were cured and 6.7% improved compared to 89.2% and 10.8%, respectively, in the penicillin V group. Complete microbiological data were obtained from 136 patients. The eradication rate was 82.7% in the cefixime group and 77% in the group of patients treated with penicillin V. At follow up relapses were seen in 7 of the cefixime treated patients and in 6 of those receiving penicillin V. Mild side effects were reported by 4 patients in the cefixime group and by 3 children treated with penicillin V (1 drop out each). These results show that cefixime once daily is at least as effective as penicillin V t.i.d. in pharyngitis and tonsillitis in children. Both compounds are well tolerated.