[The clinical evaluation of piperacillin and sulbactam sodium in treatment of respiratory, urinary tracts and other infections in 579 patients].

OBJECTIVE

To evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of piperacillin and sulbactam sodium combinations in the treatment of common infections.

METHODS

This was a multi-centre, prospective and open study. All subjects from 57 wards caught common infection like respiratory (RTI) or urinary diseases (UTI). The dosages of piperacillin and sulbactam sodium combinations 2.5 g injection were determined according to indications: for adult, 2.5 g or 5 g per time, 2 time/day; for severe or obstinate infection, 2.5 g or 5 g per time, 3 time/day. General information, clinical response pre- and post-treatment, infected locus, drug recipe and protocol, prognosis and adverse reaction were recorded.

RESULTS

Data of 579 cases were collected with 388 males and 191 females. The average age was (66.8 ± 17.0) years. There were 500 patients who were suffering with RTI, with 362 cases of pneumonia, 102 of acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis, and 36 of other infections. There were 50 cases with UTI, with 31 of simple urinary tract infection, and 19 of complex urinary tract infection. In addition, there were 9 cases of combined RTI and UTI, and 20 of other infections including peritonitis. The average duration of anti-microbial for RTI and UTI was (8.65 ± 3.78) days and (7.45 ± 3.46) days respectively with the total efficacy rate was 92.6% and 98.0% respectively for RTI and UTI. The incidence of adverse events was only 0.86% (5 cases), including nausea, rash, itching, ALT elevation and suspected drug induced fever in each one.

CONCLUSION

Piperacillin and sulbactam sodium compound had high clinical efficacy and safety in the treatment of common infections including RTI and UTI.