Sultamicillin in the treatment of obstetric and gynaecological infections.

A total of 40 adult females were studied suffering from different obstetric and gynaecological infections. In 30 patients two 375 mg sultamicillin tablets were taken twice daily, whereas 10 patients received one 375 mg sultamicillin tablet twice daily. The duration of treatment ranged from 5 to 12 days, with a mean of 6.6 days. Cure or improvement was reported in 35 (87.5%) cases, whereas five (12.5%) patients did not respond to therapy. Of the 61 pathogens isolated before treatment, 56 (91.8%) were eradicated. Clinical tolerability of the therapy was excellent, with no adverse effects being observed in any of the studied patients. The absence of significant differences between the mean values of blood count, hepatic and renal function tests performed before and after treatment confirmed the safety of treatment. It is concluded that sultamicillin is a suitable and useful additional antibiotic therapy for the treatment of obstetric and gynaecological bacterial infections.