[Clinical experience with cefotiam in the field of pediatrics (author's transl)].

A clinical study on cefotiam (CTM) was performed in the field of pediatric infection, and the following results were obtained: The number of cases studied were six including 2 cases of U.T.I., 1 case of vaginitis and vulvitis, 1 cervical lymphadenitis, 1 absence of thigh and coxitis. Clinical responses to CTM were excellent in 3 cases, good in 1 cases but there was 1 exception who dropped out because of concurrent use of other antibiotics. As for bacteriological responses, CTM eliminated the pathogens E. coli and P. mirabilis from U.T.I., Staph. epidermidis and P. morganii, from vaginitis and vulvitis, H influenzae and Str. pneumoniae from cervical lymphadenitis and Staph. aureus from abscess of thigh. No side effect was observed except 1 case who showed an elevation of GOT, GPT and LDH. It is uncertain, however, wether this abnormality was resulted from the use of CTM or not, because the other antibiotics were used also.