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[Clinical studies of cefpodoxime proxetil in pediatric field]
1Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Hirosaki University.
The Japanese Journal of Antibiotics
|July 1, 1989
Insights
New pediatric antibiotic cefpodoxime proxetil (CPDX-PR) showed high efficacy. This safe and effective cephem antibiotic is useful for treating various infections in children.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Infectious Diseases
- Pharmacology
- Microbiology
Abstract:
Clinical studies of cefpodoxime proxetil (CPDX-PR), a new cephem antibiotic, were carried out in 60 patients in the pediatric field. The overall efficacy rate on 54 patients with various infections was 98.1%, and few side effects, all of them very mild, were developed in 6 of 60 patients (10%). It was concluded that CPDX-PR was one of the most useful antibiotics in the pediatric field because of the high efficacy rate and the safety.