[Treatment of hospital-acquired urinary infections with amikacin (author's transl)]. 1979

W Weidner, and H D Nöske, and A Sziegoleit, and R Schröder, and U Leidenfrost

The efficacy of amikacin was evaluated in 32 patients with urinary infections due to hospital-acquired rods. Treatment with amikacin was successful in all cases of acute urinary infection by gentamicin-resistent gram-negative strains. Amikacin shares with other aminoglycosides the risk of nephrotoxicity and ototoxicity. Follow-up studies are preferable to patients already suffering from damage of hearing. Lesions of n. vestibularis were relatively infrequent.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007612 Kanamycin Antibiotic complex produced by Streptomyces kanamyceticus from Japanese soil. Comprises 3 components: kanamycin A, the major component, and kanamycins B and C, the minor components. Kanamycin A,Kanamycin Sulfate,Kantrex
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D003428 Cross Infection Any infection which a patient contracts in a health-care institution. Hospital Infections,Nosocomial Infections,Health Care Associated Infection,Health Care Associated Infections,Healthcare Associated Infections,Infection, Cross,Infections, Hospital,Infections, Nosocomial,Cross Infections,Healthcare Associated Infection,Hospital Infection,Infection, Healthcare Associated,Infection, Hospital,Infection, Nosocomial,Infections, Cross,Infections, Healthcare Associated,Nosocomial Infection
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
D004352 Drug Resistance, Microbial The ability of microorganisms, especially bacteria, to resist or to become tolerant to chemotherapeutic agents, antimicrobial agents, or antibiotics. This resistance may be acquired through gene mutation or foreign DNA in transmissible plasmids (R FACTORS). Antibiotic Resistance,Antibiotic Resistance, Microbial,Antimicrobial Resistance, Drug,Antimicrobial Drug Resistance,Antimicrobial Drug Resistances,Antimicrobial Resistances, Drug,Drug Antimicrobial Resistance,Drug Antimicrobial Resistances,Drug Resistances, Microbial,Resistance, Antibiotic,Resistance, Drug Antimicrobial,Resistances, Drug Antimicrobial
D005260 Female Females
D006311 Hearing Disorders Conditions that impair the transmission of auditory impulses and information from the level of the ear to the temporal cortices, including the sensorineural pathways. Distorted Hearing,Dysacusis,Paracousis,Paracusis,Hearing Disorder,Hearing, Distorted
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000583 Amikacin A broad-spectrum antibiotic derived from KANAMYCIN. It is reno- and oto-toxic like the other aminoglycoside antibiotics. A.M.K,Amikacin Sulfate,Amikacina Medical,Amikacina Normon,Amikafur,Amikalem,Amikason's,Amikayect,Amikin,Amiklin,Amukin,BB-K 8,BB-K8,Biclin,Biklin,Gamikal,Kanbine,Oprad,Yectamid,BB K 8,BB K8,BBK 8,BBK8,Medical, Amikacina,Normon, Amikacina,Sulfate, Amikacin

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