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Anneke C Dijkmans1, Dinemarie M Kweekel2, Jaap T van Dissel3
1Centre for Human Drug Research (CHDR), 2333 CL Leiden, The Netherlands. adijkmans@chdr.nl.
Abstract:
Severe streptococcal infections are commonly treated with intravenous followed by oral penicillin (pheneticillin) therapy. However, switching from iv to oral therapy is complicated by the variability in oral pheneticillin absorption. We employed an Oral Absorption Test (OAT) for pheneticillin to identify patients in whom oral pheneticillin absorption is poor. Out of 84 patients 30 patients (36%) were identified as insufficient absorbers. Treatment failure due to pheneticillin malabsorption can be avoided by performing an OAT, and these patients should be treated by another antibiotic, which is known to be absorbed well.
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