Oral cefadroxil in the treatment of bone and joint infections in children and adults

Twenty-eight children with bone and joint infections caused mainly by Staphylococcus aureus were treated with oral cefadroxil and 48 adults with similar infections were treated either with oral cefadroxil or with intravenous oxacillin and then oral dicloxacillin. All except three patients responded...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 1982-01, Vol.10 (suppl-B), p.149-152
Hauptverfasser:	Jimenez-Shehab, Manuel, Barragan, Agustin
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Administration, Oral Adolescent Adult Arthritis, Infectious - drug therapy Arthritis, Infectious - microbiology Bacteria - drug effects Bacterial Infections - drug therapy Bacterial Infections - microbiology Cefadroxil Cephalexin - administration & dosage Cephalexin - analogs & derivatives Cephalexin - therapeutic use Child Child, Preschool Female Humans Male Osteitis - drug therapy Osteitis - microbiology
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Zusammenfassung:	Twenty-eight children with bone and joint infections caused mainly by Staphylococcus aureus were treated with oral cefadroxil and 48 adults with similar infections were treated either with oral cefadroxil or with intravenous oxacillin and then oral dicloxacillin. All except three patients responded well to cefadroxil, experiencing few or minor side effects.
ISSN:	0305-7453 1460-2091
DOI:	10.1093/jac/10.suppl_B.149