Effects of Ten Milligrams of Ampicillin Per Day on Urinary Tract Infections

Overview

Journal Antimicrob Agents Chemother

Publisher American Society for Microbiology

Specialty Pharmacology

Date 1982 Dec 1

PMID 6760805

Citations 7

Authors

S B Redjeb

A Slim

A Horchani

S Zmerilli

A Boujnah

V LORIAN

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Abstract

A total of 20 patients with symptomatic urinary tract infections (greater than 10(5) colony-forming units of Escherichia coli per ml of urine in addition to pyuria) received 10 mg of ampicillin and 2 liters of fluid daily for 3 days. After 2 days, 16 patients had culture-negative urine without pyuria. A total of 18 similar patients received only 2 liters of fluid for 3 days. On day 4, all had greater than 10(5) colony-forming units of E. coli per ml of urine and greater than 10(4) leukocytes per mm3 of urine.

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