Kansenshogaku Zasshi
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Comparative Studies of T-1982 (Cefbuperazone) and Cefmetazole In Complicated Urinary Tract Infections
Yukimichi KAWADAKouji MURANAKATsuneo NISHIURAYoshitada OHIKenichiro OKAMOTOYutaka SAITOShogo UEDAKosaku ETOShunro MOMOSEJoichi KUMAZAWAMitsuto KODAMAHiromi NIHIRANobuyuki AKAZAWAHiroyuki OHMORIIchiro CHIGUSAShigeru TADAMitsuo OHKAWAHaruo HISAZUMIHiroichi KISHITadao NIIJIMAShoichi ONODERAToyohei MACHIDAKazuo UENOTsuneo TANAKA
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1983 Volume 57 Issue 6 Pages 470-486

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A double-blind comparison of T-1982 (cefbuperazone), a new cephamycin antibiotics and cefmetazole was carried out in the treatment of complicated urinary tract infections.Patients received either 0.5g of T-1982 or 1g of cefmetazole twice a day for 5 days by intravenous injection.
All patients had pyuria of 5 or more WBCs per high power field, bacteriuria of 104 or more bacteria per ml of urine and underlying urinary disease. The overall clinical efficacy of the treatment was evaluated by the criteria proposed by the UTI Committee in Japan as excellent, moderate or poor.
Of the 241 patients admitted to the study, 119 received T-1982 and 122 received cefmetazole. No significant difference in background characteristics was observed between the two treatment groups.Excellent and moderate responses were obtained in 73.9% of the patients receiving T-1982 and 57.4% of the patients receiving cefmetazole. This difference was statistically significant (p<0.05). Clinical efficacies of T-1982 for the patients infected with Serratia were significantly higher than that of cefmetazole (p<0.01) and when patients infected with Serratia were excluded from both groups, no significant difference of clinical efficacies was observed.
Although significant difference was not observed in the overall bacteriological responses, eradication rate of Serratia was significantly higher in T-1982 group (p<0.01). Eradication rate of P.aeruginosa was markedly low in both groups.
There was no significant difference between the two treatment groups regarding the incidence of side effects and T-1982 appeared to be as well torelated as cefmetazole.
From the results obtained in this study, we concluded that T-1982 was useful in the treatment of complicated urinary tract infections except for those due to P. aeruginosa, especially in the treatment of those due to Serratia.

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