[Place of cefotaxime in the treatment of septicaemias due to enterobacteriaceae (author's transl)].

10 patients with septicaemia caused by enterobacteriaceae were successfully treated with cefotaxime. 9 patients had previously received unsuccessful antimicrobial therapy. The pathogen was resistant in vitro to other antibiotics. Cefotaxime was administered alone or in combination with an aminoglycoside. No severe side-effects were noted.