[Clinical investigation of cefotiam against infections complicated by acute leukemia]

Clinical investigation of cefotiam and aminoglycosides combination use against infections complicated by acute leukemia was performed, and the results obtained were as follows. 1) Sixteen patients were treated with cefotiam in doses 4--6 grams per day parenterally. The clinical effectiveness were excellent 47.6%, good 14.3%, fair 9.5% and poor 28.6%. No significant differences in therapeutic efficacy was observed between the patients given CTM 4 g/day and CTM 6 g/day. 2) It was considered that the clinical effectiveness of CTM has not been influenced by the difference of a number of maturation granulocyte. CTM has showed a certain, though not distinctive, efficacy compared with CFX. 3) As side effects with CTM, eruption appeared in 1 case, and no remarkable laboratory findings was observed. Cefotiam is thus considered to be a useful drug for the treatment of infections complicated by acute leukemia.