Abstract
1.Sixteen patients with purulent osteomyelitis were given intravenous instillation of2g cefmetazole (CMZ) twice a day.The effect of the treatment were excellent in2cases (12.5%), good in11 (68.8%), fair in1 (6.3%), and poor in2 (12.5%).
2. S.aureus was detected in 6 of16cases.The organism was eradicated in all of these positive cases.
3. No side effects to be specially mentioned were noted.
