Piperacillin/Tazobactam versus cefotaxime plus metronidazole for treatment of children with intra-abdominal infections requiring surgery.
Author(s): Maltezou HC, Nikolaidis P, Lebesii E, Dimitriou L, Androulakakis E, Kafetzis DA
Affiliation(s): University of Athens Second Department of Pediatrics, P. & A. Kyriakou Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Publication date & source: 2001-09, Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis., 20(9):643-6.
Publication type: Clinical Trial; Randomized Controlled Trial
The efficacy of piperacillin/tazobactam at 100/12.5 mg/kg every 8 h (35 patients) was compared to cefotaxime plus metronidazole at 50/7.5 mg/kg every 8 h (35 patients) in 70 children with intra-abdominal infections requiring surgery. Diagnoses were gangrenous or perforated appendicitis (n =56), peritonitis (n =12), and abscess (n =2). Clinical cure was observed in 35 of 35 evaluable patients treated with piperacilin/tazobactam and in 34 of 34 evaluable patients treated with cefotaxime plus metronidazole. Presumed bacteriological eradication was noted in 29 of 30 evaluable patients in the piperacillin/tazobactam group and in 31 of 31 evaluable patients in the cefotaxime plus metronidazole group. In this study, piperacillin/tazobactam was as effective as cefotaxime plus metronidazole for treating children with intra-abdominal infections requiring surgery.
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