[Renal tolerance of combined treatment with cefotaxime and gentamicin (author's transl)]

Treatment of 20 patients with 2 g cefotaxime intravenously and 80 mg gentamicin intramuscularly b.i.d. for various reasons before antibiograms were available showed no recognizable influence on renal function after one week. Patients were without renal disease and of both sexes on groups from 19-23, 36-59 and 63-69 years of age. No damage to the kidneys was evident when creatinine clearance, serum creatinine and urea concentrations and the usual urinalysis were considered.