Abstract |
Sixty patients with acute uncomplicated pelvic infection were treated with cefoxitin or ampicillin alone, the purpose being to show that a relatively cheap antimicrobial agent ( ampicillin) could be used. The groups (30 patients in each) were clinically comparable (P greater than 0,01--Hotelling T-square test). In the first group 2 g ampicillin was administered intravenously on admission followed by 1 g intravenously 4-hourly, and in the second group 2 g cefoxitin was administered intravenously on admission followed by 1 g intravenously every 8 hours. A good response was obtained in both groups. On the basis of cost ampicillin would seem to be the treatment of choice in uncomplicated acute pelvic infection.
|
Authors | J A de Beer, J van den Ende, H J Odendaal |
Journal | South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde
(S Afr Med J)
Vol. 64
Issue 19
Pg. 733-6
(Oct 29 1983)
ISSN: 0256-9574 [Print] South Africa |
PMID | 6353623
(Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Comparative Study, Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial)
|
Chemical References |
|
Topics |
- Acute Disease
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Ampicillin
(therapeutic use)
- Cefoxitin
(therapeutic use)
- Clinical Trials as Topic
- Female
- Humans
- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
(drug therapy, microbiology)
- Random Allocation
|