Evaluation of the effectiveness of ceftazidime in treatment of nosocomial infections in children
Czerwionka-Szaflarska, M.; Sobkowiak, E.
Pediatria Polska 71(7): 605-607
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0031-3939 PMID: 8803464 Document Number: 461005
Nosocomial infections are a serious problem in treatment because they are caused by bacteria that have developed increased antibiotic resistance. to estimate the efficiency of ceftazidime in nosocomial treatment among children. We treated 20 children aged 1-20 months, mainly in their first three months of life. They were hospitalized because of some other illness or diagnosis. During hospitalization they contracted a nosocomial infection: 16 urinary tract infections (mainly E. coli), 4 others pneumonia. Ceftazidime was the choice for empirical antibiotic therapy, before we obtained the patients' microbiological results. We did not observe progress of pathologies which had been present when the nosocomial infection had begun, either during or after therapy. Ceftazidime is an efficient and safe antibiotic in treatment of nosocomial infection in young children.