Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy
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J. Infect. Chemother. · Feb 2011
Multicenter Study Clinical TrialClinical effects of 2 days of treatment by fosfomycin calcium for acute uncomplicated cystitis in women.
Fosfomycin calcium is a fosfomycin antimicrobial agent with a characteristic structure. After oral administration, the drug is absorbed and excreted via the kidneys in the unchanged form, without being metabolized in the body. It is, therefore, indicated for the treatment of urinary tract diseases, including cystitis and pyelonephritis. ⋯ When the patients were divided by age into an under 60 years of age group and an over 60 years of age group, the microbiological and clinical outcomes determined for evaluation of cure at visit 2 were 96.4 and 92.9%, respectively, and the corresponding rates determined for the evaluation of recurrence at visit 3 were 87.0 and 96.0%, respectively, in the under 60 years of age group. In the over 60 years of age group, the corresponding microbiological outcome and clinical outcome rates evaluated for cure were 90.9 and 100%, respectively, and those evaluated for recurrence were 50.0 and 60.0%, respectively. These results indicate the usefulness of fosfomycin calcium administered at 1 g three times daily for 2 days for acute uncomplicated cystitis.
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J. Infect. Chemother. · Feb 2011
Development of interpretive criteria for tebipenem disk diffusion susceptibility testing with Staphylococcus spp. and Haemophilus influenzae.
Disk diffusion susceptibility interpretive criteria for tebipenem against Staphylococcus spp. and Haemophilus influenzae were developed using the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) guidelines. Tebipenem was tested by disk diffusion and broth microdilution methods against 119 clinical isolates of Staphylococcus spp. and 102 clinical isolates of H. influenzae. The zone diameters of 5-, 10-, and 30-μg disks were compared with broth microdilution minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) results by scattergram and regression analysis. ⋯ We also proposed the breakpoint zone diameter of H. influenzae: ≧22 mm (MIC ≦1 μg/ml) for susceptible. These criteria demonstrated that the categorical agreements between disk diffusion and broth microdilution methods for Staphylococcus spp. and H. influenzae were 95.0% and 99.0%, respectively. The discrepancy rates of these criteria were acceptable to the CLSI guidelines.