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Pasteurella multocide (P. multocida), a small gram-negative bacillus, has been known to be the causative agent of hemorrhagic septicemia in animals. P. multocida infection in human was reported as skin abscess and/or septicemia after an animal bit or scratch. Pulmonary infections of P. multocida have been developed in the patients with chronic pulmonary diseases such as bronchiectasis. In Japan, however, P. multocida respiratory tract infections are rare. In this report, a 80-year-old female with bronchiectasis was admitted on August, 1985. She had a productive cough, hemosputum, and a low grade fever. The chest X-P on admission showed an atelectasis of the left middle lobe and severe bronchiectatic changes of the left lower lobe. P. multocida was isolated from her sputa. The chemotherapy of CTM resulted in clinical improvement. On May 1988, she complained of a productive cough and a low grade fever again. P. multocida was isolated from the sputum on several occasions in significant numbers (1 x 10(8)/ml). Recently, the cases of the chronic respiratory diseases have been increasing. We think, P. multocida is important and should be considered as a pathogen in the care of chronic pulmonary diseases.
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PMID:[A case of Pasteurella multocida infection in bronchiectasis]. 223 Mar 75

Cefotiam, one of the new cephem antibiotics, was used in 14 cases with pediatric infections: (10 cases with respiratory tract infections, 2 with urinary tract infections, each 1 with purulent meningitis + sepsis and acute appendicitis). The patients were aged between 15 days and 9 years old. The drug was, a rule, given at a daily dose of 50 mg/kg to 100 mg/kg q.i.d. by bolus intravenous injection. The duration of treatment was between 3 and 38 days. The treatment produced the following clinical responses: Out of the 10 cases, good response in 7 with respiratory tract infections, fair in 1 and poor in the remaining 2. The responses in urinary tract infections were excellent in 1 and good in the other case. An apparently clear response was obtained in 1 case with purulent meningitis + sepsis due to K. pneumoniae. Also, an excellent response was seen in 1 case with acute appendicitis. The response rate including fair response was 85.7%. The suspected pathogens isolated from 5 cases (S. aureus: 1. strain, H. influenzae: 1, K. pneumoniae 2, E. coli: 1) were eliminated after CTM administration. Good clinical responses were also obtained in these cases. No side effect was observed. Mild elevation of GOT and GPT was noted during the treatment in 1 case. It is unclear, however, if CTM was associated with this side effect or not. P. aeruginosa, Serratia appeared after superinfection in 1 case.
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PMID:[Clinical experience with cefotiam in pediatric infections (author's transl)]. 627 Apr 12

The therapeutic effects of cefmenoxime (CMX), a new synthetic cephalosporin antibiotic, were examined in the treatment of various pediatric infections. Patients treated were infants and children ranging from one-month-old to 13-year-old suffering from pharyngitis in 2 cases, bronchopneumonia in 3 cases, cervical lymphadenitis in 2 cases, urinary tract infections in 7 cases, tympanitis in 2 cases, suppurative meningitis, sepsis, subcutaneous apostem, acute enteritis, chest wall apostem, phlegmon, staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome in 1 case each, a total of 23 cases. As regards method of administration, CMX from a vial was dissolved in physiological saline or distilled water for injection, and the solution was administered by 3 to 5 minutes one short intravenous injection (14 cases), or CMX was diluted with large volume parenteral product and administered by 30 to 60 minutes drip infusion (9 cases). The dosage of the drug was 30 to 200 mg/kg/day; 103 mg/kg/day and under in 21 cases, 150 mg/kg/day and 200 mg/kg/day in 1 case each. The administration was continued for 3 to 27 days. As regards clinical efficacy, "good" or "excellent" results were obtained in all the cases except 2 cases, one was alpha-Streptococcus acute tympanitis supervening neuroblastoma, and the other was Pseudomonas urinary tract infection. The efficacy rate was 91.3% with excellent in 11 cases, good in 10 cases. As regards bacteriological effects, of 13 strains of Gram-positive bacteria, 10 strains were eliminated and 3 strains were not changed, while of 10 strains of Gram-negative bacteria, 8 strains were eliminated and 2 strains were reduced; thus CMX showed better results against Gram-negative bacteria rather than against Gram-positive ones. The antimicrobial activity of CMX against Gram-positive bacteria was inferior to those of CTM and CEZ, but CMX showed the highest antimicrobial activity against Gram-negative bacteria. No clinical side effects nor abnormal laboratory findings obviously attributable to CMX were observed.
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PMID:[Therapeutic effects of cefmenoxime in the treatment of various infections on infants and children]. 630 39

The Authors describe a rare case of Yersinia Enterocolitica (Y.E.) infection in a child affected by thalassemia. The onset of the disease was that of an acute enteritis with diarrhea, fever, vomiting and abdominal pain which subsequently evolved in a picture consistent with an acute appendicitis. Laparotomy was then performed and showed a marked suppurative mesenterial lymphadenitis with mild appendicular inflammation and Y.E. infection was suspected. Culture from lymphonodes confirmed the presence of Y.E. sensitive to tobramicin and CTM. The use of these chemiotherapic agents has been followed by a rapid clinical improvement. Our recent experience could suggest some practical considerations: 1) Culture of Y.E. should be routinely performed in all children affected by acute gastroenteritis and particularly in those, above 5 years of age, in which the infection can simulate acute appendicitis. 2) Special attention should be carried out in children affected by thalassemia who can easily present more serious disease often complicated by septicemia. 3) Therapy depends on the form and severity of the disease and should be always guided by in vitro sensitivity test because of the possibility of resistence of Y.E. against the most frequently used antibiotics in septicemia.
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PMID:[Yersinia enterocolitica infection in thalassemia. Report of one case (author's transl)]. 697 42