The Japanese Journal of Antibiotics
Online ISSN : 2186-5477
Print ISSN : 0368-2781
ISSN-L : 0368-2781
THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF CEFCLIDIN AGAINST SEVERE INFECTIONS IN PATIENTS WITH HEMATOPOIETIC DISORDERS
Hanshin Infection Study Group
NORIYUKI TATSUMITAESUNG IMYOSHIO FURUKAWAYUICHI SANNOMIYAKEN INOUETAKASHI KAGEYAMAHIROSHI OHYABUKIYOSHI AKASAKAKAORI NASUTAKESHI YONEZAWATAKAHIRO KARASUNOHIRONORI TAKEHARUO SUGIYAMATERUO KITANISHINICHI TAGAWATOHRU MASAOKAAKIRA HIRAOKAHIROBUMI TEJIMAKOHJIRO YASUNAGAHIDEKI FUJITAKEMUNETO YOSHIOKAATSUSHI HORIUCHIHIROFUMI HASEGAWASHIRO NAKAYAMAHIROKI YABEHIROYA KAWAGOEMITSUHIKO HIRATAKIYOYASU NAGAIEIZO KAKISHITAYOSHINOBU TAKEMOTONOBUMASA INOUE
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1992 Volume 45 Issue 5 Pages 512-522

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Abstract
One hundred thirty-eight patients with severe infections associated with hematopoietic disorders were treated with cefclidin (CFCL), and the efficacy and the safety of the drug were evaluated.
The results obtained are summarized below.
1. Of the 126 patients in whom the efficacies were evaluable, 22 (17.5%) responsed markedly well and 48 (38.1%) moderately, and the overall efficacy rate was 55.6%.
2. Efficacy rates for different infections were: 20.0% in septicemia, 61.2% in suspected septicemia, 46.7% in respiratory tract infection and 25.0% in others.
3. Significantly different efficacy ratings were observed between a group of patients with neutrophil counts of less than 100/mm3 and that with neutrophil counts of higher than 501/mm3.
4. Out of 138 patients in whom the safety was evaluable, side effects were observed in 5 patients (3.6%) and abnormal laboratory test values in 9 (6.5%). None was serious, however.
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