Abstract
1) Cefoxitin (CFX). was administered to seven patients two with acute pneumonia, two with acute pyelonephritis, one with pyofiephrosis complicated to pyelolithotomy, one with acute cystitis and one with CONN syndrome complicated to liver cirrhosis.
2) Response to the CFX treatment was excellent in three patients, good in three, and poor in one.
3) No side effect was observed in all cases. In two patients in whom CFX and furosemide were concomitantly administered, no aggravation of the renal function was observed.
