Cefotaxime (‘Claforan’) in routine hospital use

Summary

A multi-centre study was carried out in 327 patients with a wide variety of moderate to severe infections. Patients were treated with cefotaxime at the recommended dosages and, in most cases, as the sole antibiotic. The bacteriological eradication rate was 83% while 92% of clinically assessable cases were successful; 3% of cases relapsed and 5% failed to respond. There was a low incidence of side-effects.

Key Words::

• Cefotaxime
• cephalosporins
• bacterial infection