[Clinical study on sulbactam/cefoperazone in the field of pediatrics]

Sulbactam/cefoperazone (SBT/CPZ) was used in pediatric patients with acute infections, and the following results were obtained. SBT/CPZ was administered to 18 pediatric patients with acute infections. Out of them, 14 patients, i.e., 3 with acute tonsillitis, 1 with acute laryngitis, 1 with acute bronchitis, 4 with acute pneumonia, 4 with bronchopneumonia, 1 with pyothorax, were adopted for the evaluation, and the other 4 were excluded because they were judged inadequate for clinical efficacy evaluation. The clinical efficacy of SBT/CPZ was assessed as excellent in 4, good in 9 and fair in 1. The effective rate was 92.9%. In 6 cases causative organisms were detected, i.e., Haemophilus influenzae in 3, Klebsiella in 1 and Staphylococcus aureus in 2 cases. Eradication of these organisms was confirmed in all cases except for 1 patient with pyothorax caused by S. aureus. The doses used in 12 out of the evaluated 14 cases ranged from 58.4 to 80 mg/kg/day, 84.1 mg/kg/day was used in 1 case and 101.4 mg/kg/day was used in 1 case with pyothorax. Patients with severe infections were generally given large doses. The frequency of administration was 3 times per day except 1 case, and intravenous drip infusion was used in all cases. The duration of treatment was 2- less than 3 days for 7 cases, 3-5 days for 6 cases and 9 days for 1 case (pyothorax). No clinical side effects were observed in any case. In laboratory examinations, a slight elevation of GOT was observed in 1 case, but no abnormal findings in the other cases. From the above results, SBT/CPZ was considered to be a highly useful drug in the treatment of pediatric infections.