Clinical Experience with Aztreonam in Europe: A Summary of Studies in Belgium, England, Finland, Ireland, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, and Sweden

Therapeutic results are given for 342 patients treated with various doses of aztreonam in 20 studies. One hundred sixty-five patients had urinary tract infections; 40 of these patients were bacteremic. Favorable clinical response was reported for 91.5% of the patients, and only one bacteremic patient failed to respond to treatment. Pneumonia was treated in 99 patients, 11 of whom were bacteremic; 86 responded favorably to treatment. In 22 patients with bacteremia of unknown focus, only one failure was noted. Of 368 bacterial isolates, 323 were eliminated during treatment. Pseudomonas aeruginos... Mehr ...