Treatment of neutropenic infection: a randomized trial comparing latamoxef (moxalactam) with cephradine plus tobramycin.

Abstract

Sixty neutropenic patients with infection were studied in a randomized trial comparing treatment with latamoxef (moxalactam) alone or with cephradine and tobramycin. The two treatment groups were comparable in respect to their clinical sites of infection, degree of neutropenia underlying malignancy, and organisms. Forty-two bacterial isolates were obtained from various clinically infected sites. All but two of these isolates were sensitive to latamoxef (30 highly sensitive, ten moderately sensitive). In contrast 29 of the isolates were resistant to cephradine and eight were resistant to both cephradine and tobramycin. Control of infection was achieved in 72% of patients treated with latamoxef and 55% treated with cephradine plus tobramycin. Latamoxef appears to be an effective antibiotic for the treatment of neutropenic patients with infection.

• Authors: W R Bezwoda, D P Derman, S Perkins, R Cassel
• Journal: The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy (J Antimicrob Chemother) Vol. 15 Issue 2 Pg. 239-45 (Feb 1985) ISSN: 0305-7453 [Print] England
• PMID: 3884566 (Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Comparative Study, Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial)

Chemical References

• Cephalosporins
• Cephradine
• Moxalactam
• Tobramycin

Topics

• Adult
• Aged
• Agranulocytosis (complications)
• Bacterial Infections (drug therapy, etiology)
• Cephalosporins (therapeutic use)
• Cephradine (adverse effects, therapeutic use)
• Clinical Trials as Topic
• Drug Resistance, Microbial
• Drug Therapy, Combination
• Female
• Humans
• Male
• Microbial Sensitivity Tests
• Middle Aged
• Moxalactam (adverse effects, therapeutic use)
• Neutropenia (complications)
• Random Allocation
• Tobramycin (adverse effects, therapeutic use)