PRACTICAL USE OF CEFEPIM IN A UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL - RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF 35 CASES

Authors
GERARD A LEMEINS V MAURER P WITZ B DOPFF C
Citation
A. Gerard et al., PRACTICAL USE OF CEFEPIM IN A UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL - RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF 35 CASES, Pathologie et biologie, 44(2), 1996, pp. 138-140
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
Pathology
Journal title
Pathologie et biologie → ACNP
ISSN journal
03698114
Volume
44
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
138 - 140
Database
ISI
SICI code
0369-8114(1996)44:2<138:PUOCIA>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
The authors report a retrospective study of 35 patients treated with c efepime (Axepim(R)). This patients were either hospitalized in a medic al or in a surgical ICU or were febrile neutropenic patients. The non neutropenic group was put on cefepime for nosocomial pneumonia or misc ellaneous sepsis. When recovered, Enterobacteriaceae were the most fre quent pathogens. Clinical cure rate for the patients treated with cefe pime was 83%. Cefepime is a safe and effective empirical treatment for serious infections and nosocomial infections in particular.