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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4A
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-6-19
pubmed:abstractText
Thirty-two patients (18 men and 14 women), who ranged in age from 28 to 91 years (mean, 71.2 years), with urinary tract infections caused by Pseudomonas species or other organisms resistant to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole were treated with 500 mg of orally administered ciprofloxacin every 12 hours. Thirty patients completed at least five days of therapy and were evaluated for efficacy. Of these, the treatment of 28 (93 percent) patients was considered successful, with urine cultures yielding negative results five to nine days after cessation of therapy. Three of these patients were found to be reinfected with their primary pathogens when culture specimens were obtained again three to four weeks later. The two patients who received treatment that was classified as having failed had urine cultures that persistently grew Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Superinfections occurred in eight patients, four with diabetes and four with underlying central nervous system disease. Adverse reactions required discontinuation of therapy in two patients. Although the rates of reinfection and superinfection were somewhat high, these patients had a high frequency of underlying diseases that predisposed them to recurrent or difficult-to-treat infections. Despite these shortcomings, ciprofloxacin is a welcome addition to the oral antibiotic regimen for the treatment of antibiotic-resistant urinary infections.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0002-9343
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
27
pubmed:volume
82
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
303-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:3555052-Administration, Oral, pubmed-meshheading:3555052-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:3555052-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:3555052-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:3555052-Bacterial Infections, pubmed-meshheading:3555052-Ciprofloxacin, pubmed-meshheading:3555052-Clinical Trials as Topic, pubmed-meshheading:3555052-Drug Combinations, pubmed-meshheading:3555052-Drug Resistance, Microbial, pubmed-meshheading:3555052-Female, pubmed-meshheading:3555052-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:3555052-Male, pubmed-meshheading:3555052-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:3555052-Pseudomonas Infections, pubmed-meshheading:3555052-Sulfamethoxazole, pubmed-meshheading:3555052-Trimethoprim, pubmed-meshheading:3555052-Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Combination, pubmed-meshheading:3555052-Urinary Tract Infections
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Oral ciprofloxacin in resistant urinary tract infections.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't