Fortimicin (KW-1070), a new aminoglycoside antibiotic was administered to17patients suffering from surgical infections (peritonitis4cases, periproctal abscess5cases, subphrenic abscess3cases, suture abscess2cases, dead space infection2cases, perineal abscess1case). The results obtained are as follows.
1) Clinical effect of fortimicin was excellent in5, good in10and poor in2out of17cases.The effective rate was88.2% (15/17).
2) No significant side effect was observed.
