[The efficacy of using the Soviet antibiotic rifamethoprim in treating acute bacterial pneumonias and chronic bronchitis].

Abstract

Rifametoprim (600 mg/day) was given to 64 patients with acute bacterial pneumonia, acute bronchitis and exacerbation of chronic bronchitis. 201 (83.4%) out of 241 isolates were sensitive to the action of the antibiotic. The treatment turned out effective in 84.4% of cases.

• Authors: V A Orlov, V I Sokolova, S M Navashin, L I Zavolovskaia, K K Manuĭlov
• Journal: Terapevticheskii arkhiv (Ter Arkh) Vol. 64 Issue 3 Pg. 26-9 ( 1992) ISSN: 0040-3660 [Print] Russia (Federation)
• Vernacular Title: Effektivnost' primeneniia otechestvennogo antibiotika rifametoprima v lechenii ostrykh bakterial'nykh pnevmoniĭ i khronicheskogo bronkhita.
• PMID: 1440269 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Capsules
• Drug Combinations
• Rifaprim
• Trimethoprim
• Rifampin

Topics

• Acute Disease
• Bacteria (drug effects, isolation & purification)
• Bronchitis (drug therapy, microbiology)
• Capsules
• Chronic Disease
• Drug Combinations
• Drug Evaluation
• Humans
• Microbial Sensitivity Tests
• Pneumonia (drug therapy, microbiology)
• Remission Induction
• Rifampin (therapeutic use)
• Sputum (microbiology)
• Trimethoprim (therapeutic use)