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  • Title: [Ceftriaxone as a single agent in empirical therapy of infection in patients with hematologic disorders. Hanshin Infection Study Group].
    Author: Kuyama J, Yonezawa T, Kageyama T, Ohyabu H, Kitani T, Taniguchi N, Masaoka T, Shibata H, Yasunaga K, Fujitake H.
    Journal: Jpn J Antibiot; 1989 Apr; 42(4):930-7. PubMed ID: 2671427.
    Abstract:
    For seventy episodes of infection in hematologic disorders mostly during the phase of severe granulocytopenia, a trial was designed to evaluate the efficacy of a new third-generation cephalosporin, ceftriaxone (CTRX). The regimen consisted mainly of drip infusion of CTRX 2 g every 12 hours. The overall response rate achieved was 54.3 percent. Two episodes of an outpatient with malignant lymphoma were effectively treated by CTRX at a dose of 2-4 g once a day, reflecting its long biological half-life. Gastrointestinal symptoms, hypersensitivity reactions and elevation of hepatic enzyme levels occurred rarely (6.4 and 5.1 percent of the patients, respectively), and these abnormalities were mild and reversible. Thus, CTRX may be recommended as an effective monotherapy in the treatment of infections in immunocompromised patients with hematologic disorders.
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