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[Clinical experience on aztreonam]. 1985

K Seki, and H Nakamura, and Y Iwata, and S Hayashi

Aztreonam (AZT), a new monobactam antibiotic, was studied for clinical efficacy in the field of gynecologic infection. AZT was administered at a daily dose of 2 g in 2 divided doses by single shot intravenous injection. The subjects were patients with the following infections: adnexitis (6), pelvic peritonitis (5), endometritis (1) and wound abscess (1). Good response was seen in 10 patients out of 13. The overall efficacy rate of 76.9% was obtained. Slight increase in GOT, GPT and Al-P was seen in 1 case. It was normalized on 6th day after completion of the therapy. No notable side effects were observed.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D004341	Drug Evaluation	Any process by which toxicity, metabolism, absorption, elimination, preferred route of administration, safe dosage range, etc., for a drug or group of drugs is determined through clinical assessment in humans or veterinary animals.	Evaluation Studies, Drug,Drug Evaluation Studies,Drug Evaluation Study,Drug Evaluations,Evaluation Study, Drug,Evaluation, Drug,Evaluations, Drug,Studies, Drug Evaluation,Study, Drug Evaluation
D005260	Female		Females
D005831	Genital Diseases, Female	Pathological processes involving the female reproductive tract (GENITALIA, FEMALE).	Gynecologic Diseases,Female Genital Diseases,Diseases, Female Genital,Diseases, Gynecologic,Female Genital Disease,Genital Disease, Female,Gynecologic Disease
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D001398	Aztreonam	A monocyclic beta-lactam antibiotic originally isolated from Chromobacterium violaceum. It is resistant to beta-lactamases and is used in gram-negative infections, especially of the meninges, bladder, and kidneys. It may cause a superinfection with gram-positive organisms.	Az-threonam,Azactam,Azthreonam,SQ-26,776,Urobactam,Az threonam,SQ 26,776,SQ26,776
D001424	Bacterial Infections	Infections by bacteria, general or unspecified.	Bacterial Disease,Bacterial Infection,Infection, Bacterial,Infections, Bacterial,Bacterial Diseases