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Clinical study on Cefteram pivoxil in acute lacunar tonsillitis
Hitoshi OGINOHaruhiro HAYASHIToru MATSUNAGAMinoru ISHIDANaozo TAYATeruhisa NOIRIJun-ichi YOSHIDAKenji HATTORIKunitoshi YOSHINOKatsunori UMATANIChihiro HATTATakashi HUJIIMahito ITOYasuhiro HUJISAKIJun-ichi HATAKEYAMAKazuhiko GOTOMasanori OGAWA
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1989 Volume 35 Issue 6 Pages 1048-1056

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Abstract
A clinical study was made using Cefteram pivoxil (CFTM-PI), a new oral cephem antibiotic, for acute lacunar tonsillitis. The results were: 1. Out of 49 cases of acute lacunar tonsillitis, clinical efficacy was rated as excellent in 9 cases, good in 38 cases, and fair in 2 cases. The efficacy rate was 95.9%. 2. All 40 strains of bacteria responded to antibiotic therapy, with an erradication rate of 100%. 3. The side effect of diarrhea was observed in one case. We conclude that CFTM-PI provides an excellent result for acute lacunar tonsillitis.
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