[Clinical experience with cefadroxil in otorhinolaryngological infections]

Cefadroxil (CDX), a new semisynthetic cephalosporin derivative, was administered to 20 patients with acute or chronic otolaryngological infections and following results were obtained. Of 11 cases with acute infections such as acute otitis media, acute otitis externa and postoperative maxillary cyst, excellent, good and fair results were obtained in 10 cases, the efficacy ratio being 91%, while the efficacy ratio in 9 cases with chronic infections such as chronic pharyngolaryngitis and chronic otitis media was 56%. CDX is, therefore, extremely effective for acute otolaryngological infections. No severe side effect was observed, although there were 2 cases with minor adverse effects, one with drug induced eruption and the other with stomatitis.