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A new semisynthetic 1-oxa-beta-lactam derivative, 6059-S, was evaluated for its safety and efficacy in children. Twenty-five patients were treated with 10 to 274 mg/kg per day of 6059-S by intravenous administrations. The diagnosis of the patients were acute pharyngitis (2), acute bronchitis (2), pneumonia (4), pertussis (4), acute enterocolitis (2), recurrent urinary tract infection (2), suspected septicemia (3), and acute purulent meningitis (1); and the remaining 5 patients were considered to have nonbacterial infections. The pathogens recovered were Streptococcus pneumoniae (1), Haemophilus influenzae (4), Haemophilus parainfluenzae (1), Enterobacter cloacae (1), Enterobacter aerogenes (1), Proteus morganii (1), Psuedomonas aeruginosa (2) and Salmonella typhimurium (1). All the patients of bacterial infections were cured after the 6059-S therapy. However,
Pseudomonas
aeruginosa and Salmonella typhimurium were not eradicated after the 6059-S therapy, and the rate of bacterial disappearance was 75%. Diarrhea (3), precordial pain (2, only in cases with high-dose therapy), transient elevation of GOT and
GPT
(2), and transient eosinophilia (2) were found to be associated with the 6059-S therapy. However, no severe adverse reactions were encountered. Half life of the serum 6059-S level was 1.34 +/- 0.16 hours. CSF concentrations in a case with Haemophilus influenzae meningitis ranged 4.0 to 9.7 mcg/ml after an intravenous injection of 34.3 to 75 mg/kg of 6059-S. From the present study, 6059-S appears to be a safe and effective antibiotic when used in children with susceptible bacterial infections. It remains to be further determined whether 6059-S is superior to ABPC in the treatment of Haemophilus influenzae meningitis.
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PMID:[Clinical evaluation of 6059-S therapy in children (author's transl)]. 645 68
Cefotetan (CTT), a new cephamycin antibiotic having a long serum half-life (2.93 +/- 0.78 hours), was evaluated for its safety and efficacy in children. Twenty-four patients were treated with a daily dose of 30 to 100 mg/kg of CTT by intravenous administrations mostly in 2 divided doses. The diagnoses of the effective patients were acute bronchitis (5), pneumonia (4), acute urinary tract infections (4), acute enterocolitis (2), presumed septicemia (1), and phlegmon (1); and the effectiveness was 77.3%. The pathogens recovered from these patients were S. pneumoniae (1), H. influenzae (3), S. marcescens (1), E. coli (2), and K. oxytoca (1). CTT was not effective in staphylococcal pneumonia and empyema (each 1 case), in
Pseudomonas
pneumonia (2), and in a case of brain abscess and mastoiditis of unknown etiology. Diarrhea (2), and transient elevations of the serum GOT,
GPT
, and LDH (1) were associated with the CTT therapy, but no severe adverse reaction was encountered. The CSF level of CTT seemed to be lower among several new cephalosporins. From the present study, CTT appears to be a safe and effective antibiotic when used in children with susceptible bacterial infections. A twice-a-day schedule was recommended from its long serum half-life.
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PMID:[Clinical evaluation of cefotetan in pediatrics]. 658 31
Clinical efficacy of Cefmetazole was evaluated at four university hospitals and their related hospitals in Nagoya. For the treatment of urinary tract infections with or without complications, 177 patients were administered Cefmetazole. Of these patients, 69 had chronic complicated urinary tract infection defined in the UTI manual and 20 had simple acute pyelonephritis. The other urological infections for which Cefmetazole was administered included prostatitis, epididymitis, urosepsis and wound infections. Fifty four patients were given Cefmetazole intravenously after urological operation to prevent wound and urinary tract infections. The overall clinical efficacy of Cefmetazole for UTI was 76.8%; 84.4% for group 1, 85.7% for group 3, 75% for group 4, 44.4% for group 5 and 66.6% for group 6. In acute pyelonephritis due to E. coli, Klebsiella, Serratia, S. aureus, alpha-Streptococcus and S. epidermidis all patients were cured by Cefmetazole administration. Clinical efficacy of Cefmetazole was assessed to be excellent in 6 cases of prostatitis and 6 cases of acute epididymitis. E. Coli, Serratia and some organisms disappeared from blood after the administration of Cefmetazole but
Pseudomonas
persisted even after treatment. Postoperative administration of Cefmetazole was effective for eradication of bacteria from the urine in 26 out of 30 patients and in prevention of infection in 24 cases. After the administration of Cefmetazole skin eruption was observed in one patient and nausea in another. Slight elevation of GOT,
GPT
and total bilirubin was noted in 3 of the 177 patients after medication.
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PMID:[Clinical evaluation of cefmetazole in urological infections]. 658 64
Some 23 patients suffering from severe gastrointestinal infections were treated with cefoxitin (CFX) at the Bokuto Metropolitan Hospital, surgical ward, from September to November, 1982. Clinical examinations were conducted and the findings bacteriologically evaluated. The following clinical results were obtained: Of 23 patients, 11 were treated for diffuse peritonitis, 5 for localized peritonitis, and 7 for cholangitis. Following treatment, 5 were judged "excellent", 12 "good", 4 "fair", and 2 "poor." The clinical efficacy rate was 74%. Antibiotic disc susceptibility testings for ampicillin, cephalexin, gentamicin, and CFX were conducted. Gram-negative rods, such as E. coli, Klebsiella sp., Proteus sp., and especially, anaerobic B. fragilis, indicated susceptibility to CFX. B. fragilis was resistant to the remaining 3 antibiotics. Transient elevations in S-GOT and S-
GPT
levels were observed in 2 patients. However, this was not thought to be caused by CFX. No other irregularities were found. CFX is considered to be a drug of first choice for the treatment of severe gastrointestinal infections. However, for infections due to mixed
Pseudomonas
aeruginosa and other bacteria, concomitant treatment with CFX and an aminoglycoside is recommended.
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PMID:[Clinical evaluation of cefoxitin for the treatment of severe gastrointestinal infections]. 665 22
Fundamental and clinical trials were carried out with cefpiramide (CPM) in pediatric infections. Results were as follows. CPM has a broad spectrum of activity against both Gram-positive and -negative microorganisms, including
Pseudomonas
. Half-lives of CPM were more prolonged than any others that have ever been reported on cephalosporin derivatives. The mean half-lives in the blood after infection were 4.76 hours and 4.14 hours, when the doses were 10 mg/kg and 20 mg/kg, respectively. The average recovery rates in the urine between 0 and 8 hours were 17.1% and 24.7%, when the intravenous doses were 10 mg/kg and 20 mg/kg, respectively. Thirty-two pediatric patients received CPM in doses ranging from 31.9 to 88.2 mg/kg divided mainly 2 times a day. They were respiratory tract infection in 23, urinary tract infection in 8, and SSSS in 1. The rate of satisfactory clinical response was 90.6%. Clinical side effect observed were mild diarrhea in 7 cases. Slight elevation of GOT and
GPT
were observed in 3 cases. All were considered to be minor.
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PMID:[Evaluation of cefpiramide in pediatrics]. 665 43
Ten inpatients at the Second Department of Internal Medicine, Mie University Hospital, developed infections in the course of treatment for hematopoietic disorders and were administered cefoxitin (CFX). Patients suffered from the following infections: pharyngitis, 2; bronchitis, 2; pneumonia, 2; sepsis, 2; bacteremia, 1; suspected cases of bacteremia, 2; and fever of unknown origin, 1. The number of infections totaled 12 as 1 patient with pharyngitis also developed sepsis and 1 patient with pneumonia developed bacteremia. Duration for the administration of CFX ranged between 5 and 18 days with a total dosage of between 30 and 108 g. Of the 10 patients treated with CFX, 9 were treated concomitantly with micronomicin (MCR), doxycycline (DOXY), or sulbenicillin (SBPC), some were treated concomitantly with only 1 of the drugs and some were treated concomitantly with 2 of the drugs. The following clinical results were obtained: Following treatment, 4 patients were considered "excellent", 5, "good", and 3, "poor". Clinical efficacy rate was 75%. Four strains of Gram-positive cocci (1 strain of S. aureus, 2 strains of S. epidermidis and 1 strain of Streptococcus sp.) and 3 strains of Gram-negative rods (2 strains of P. aeruginosa and 1 strain of E. cloacae) were found in the clinical specimens of the 10 patients. These results differed somewhat from reported data that Gram-negative rods such as E. coli, Klebsiella sp.,
Pseudomonas
sp., Serratia sp., are dominant. No serious side effects requiring cessation of treatment were observed. Elevations in the levels of S-GOT, S-
GPT
, serum alkaline phosphatase, blood urea nitrogen, etc. were observed.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:[Clinical experience with cefoxitin in infections associated with hematopoietic disorders]. 667 23
beta-Methylene-DL-aspartate, a new beta, gamma-unsaturated amino acid, is an irreversible inhibitor of soluble pig heart glutamate-aspartate transaminase (Ki approximately 3 mM with respect to the L-form; limiting rate constant for inactivation approximately 0.4 min-1). The new amino acid is the most specific inhibitor of glutamate-aspartate transaminase thus far studied. It does not inactivate pig heart glutamate-
alanine transaminase
, soluble rat kidney glutamine transaminase K, gamma-aminobutyrate transaminase (from
Pseudomonas
fluorescens), glutamate decarboxylase (Escherichia coli), snake venom L-amino acid oxidase, or hog kidney D-amino acid oxidase. In addition, the following enzymes were not inhibited by beta-methylene-DL-aspartate in rat tissue homogenates: gamma-aminobutyrate transaminase (brain), tyrosine transaminase (liver), glutamine transaminase L (liver), asparagine, transaminase (liver), ornithine transaminase (liver) or branch-chain transaminase(s) (kidney). Intraperitoneal injection of beta-methylene-DL-aspartate into mice decreased kidney and liver glutamate-aspartate transaminase activities but had no effect on liver glutamate-
alanine transaminase
activity.
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PMID:Inhibition of glutamate-aspartate transaminase by beta-methylene-DL-aspartate. 683 Jun 31
A new cephalosporin cefsulodin (CFS) was studied basically and clinically and the following results were obtained. 1. The serum levels of 25 mg/kg of CFS administered intravenously were 39.5 mcg/ml after 30 minutes, 22.6 mcg/ml after 1 hour, 11.6 mcg/ml after 2 hours, 6.0 mcg/ml after 4 hours and 2.1 mcg/ml after 6 hours. The half life from serum was 84 minutes. 2. Clinical response on 4 cases of
Pseudomonas
aeruginosa infections were all good. 3. The slight elevations of GOT,
GPT
were observed by the drug administrations in 1 case. From the above results, CFS was effective drug to P. aeruginosa infections by intravenous administration of 25 mg/kg of CFS.
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PMID:[The experimental and clinical studies on cefsulodin in the pediatric field]. 716 65
Pretreatment with a low dose of recombinant human interleukin-1 beta (IL-1) (3 to 30 micrograms/kg) 24 h before a lethal
Pseudomonas
aeruginosa infection prolongs survival in neutropenic mice. We investigated the role of the type I IL-1 receptor (IL-1RI) and IL-1RII in this IL-1-induced protection by using a specific IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1-Ra), which blocks effects mainly via IL-1RI. Pretreatment with IL-1Ra before IL-1 partially blocked the IL-1-induced enhanced survival, whereas pretreatment with a specific neutralizing monoclonal antibody to IL-1RI (35F5) eliminated the IL-1 induced protection. The nonapeptide fragment 163-171 of recombinant human IL-1 beta, which possesses the immunoadjuvant but not the inflammatory effect of the entire molecule via a non-receptor-mediated signal transduction process, did not reproduce the IL-1-induced protection. IL-1-induced protection was associated with reduced serum aspartate aminotransferase and
alanine aminotransferase
concentrations in conjunction with ameliorated histopathology of the liver. These findings may be due to reduced cytokine production and cytokine sensitivity of target cells after infection. We conclude that the IL-1-induced nonspecific resistance to infection is mediated by cells bearing IL-1RI and is associated with a reduction of liver damage.
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PMID:Interleukin-1 (IL-1)-induced resistance to bacterial infection: role of the type I IL-1 receptor. 748 12
We report the case of a young HIV seropositive patient with severe hemophilia A who presented rapid liver failure related to his chronic C hepatitis. The patient had been receiving factor VIII:C clotting factor concentrates (mean 60,000 U/year) since 1975. In 1984
alanine aminotransferase
presented abnormal levels. The CD4 lymphocyte count in 1991 was normal and ultrasonographic scan showed normal liver morphology. In 1991 the patient were found to be seropositive for HCV antibodies as detected by the ELISA method and confirmed by the RIBA method. One year later, a progressive increase in policlonal gamma-globulin and a decrease in the CD4+ lymphocyte count to below 500/muL were detected in concomitance with ultrasonographic evidence of a progressive increase in the longitudinal diameters of the liver and spleen and signs of liver inhomogeneity. A significant inverse correlation was observed between the increase in the longitudinal diameter of the liver and the decline in albumin levels, and between the increase in the longitudinal diameter of the liver and the drop in platelet count. Elevated levels of ammonemia, gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase, alkaline phosphatase and IgA were detected. Moreover, decreased levels of the C4 and C3 complement fractions were documented. At this time (1994), esophagogram and esophagogastroscopy evidenced varicosities in the lower esophageal section (stage F1). The patient died in 1995 March at the age of 29 years of sudden septic shock related to
Pseudomonas
aeruginosa infection.
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PMID:Rapid liver failure related to chronic C hepatitis in an HIV seropositive hemophilic patient with severe immunodepression. 887 Mar 78
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