CLINICAL STUDIES ON CEFTIZOXIME (CZX)

To evaluate the clinical efficacy of Ceftizoxime (CZX, FK 749), the treatment was made with the drug in 16 patients including 1 with pneumonia and 15 with urinary tract infections. Response was excellent is 9 patients and good in 6. The MICs of Ceftizoxime against E. coli, K. pneumonia. and P. mirab...

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Published in:	CHEMOTHERAPY Vol. 28; no. Supplement5; pp. 153 - 160
Main Authors:	TAKEBE, KAZUO, KUMASAKA, YOSHIHIRO, IMAMURA, KENICHI, ONUMA, TOMIO, BABA, TSUNEHARU, SAGARA, MORIO, OHIRA, SEIICHI, MATSUHASHI, AKIO, MASUDA, MITSUO, KITAOKA, MASABUMI, YOSHIOKA, MITSUHARU, ENOOKA, GEN, NAKAHATA, HISASHI
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Japanese
Published:	Japanese Society of Chemotherapy 01-01-1980
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Summary:	To evaluate the clinical efficacy of Ceftizoxime (CZX, FK 749), the treatment was made with the drug in 16 patients including 1 with pneumonia and 15 with urinary tract infections. Response was excellent is 9 patients and good in 6. The MICs of Ceftizoxime against E. coli, K. pneumonia. and P. mirabilis, which were isolated from urine of patients with cystitis and pyelonephritis, were considerably lower thah those of cefazolin and similar to those of cefotiam. Side effect noted was eosinophilia in 2 patients.
ISSN:	0009-3165 1884-5894
DOI:	10.11250/chemotherapy1953.28.Supplement5_153