Aspiration pneumonia in institutionalized children. A retrospective comparison of treatment with penicillin G, clindamycin and carbenicillin.

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  • Author(s): Brook I
  • Source:
    Clinical pediatrics [Clin Pediatr (Phila)] 1981 Feb; Vol. 20 (2), pp. 117-22.
  • Publication Type:
    Comparative Study; Journal Article
  • Language:
    English
  • Additional Information
    • Source:
      Publisher: Sage Publications Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 0372606 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0009-9228 (Print) Linking ISSN: 00099228 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Clin Pediatr (Phila) Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications
      Original Publication: Philadelphia.
    • Subject Terms:
      Carbenicillin/*therapeutic use ; Clindamycin/*therapeutic use ; Penicillin G/*therapeutic use ; Pneumonia, Aspiration/*drug therapy; Bacteroides fragilis/isolation & purification ; Child ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Pneumonia, Aspiration/microbiology ; Retrospective Studies
    • Abstract:
      The antibiotic therapy of aspiration pneumonia was retrospectively reviewed in 74 institutionalized children with lung abscess (10), necrotizing pneumonia (12), and pneumonitis (52). Anaerobic bacteria were isolated in 69 patients (93%); and in 67 (90.5%), they were mixed with aerobic bacteria. Penicillin G was given to 20 patients, clindamycin to 20, and carbenicillin to 34. Gentamicin was concurrently given to 35 of the patients. The mean duration of therapy in the three types of pulmonary infection was: lung abscess 30.2 days, necrotizing pneumonia 26.6 days, and pneumonitis 15.1 days. The mean duration of fever after initiation of therapy was 5.8 days, 8.1 days, and 3.4 days, respectively. The mean time for radiologic clearance was 35.6 days for lung abscess, 39.2 days for necrotizing pneumonia, and 13.5 days for pneumonitis. The three antibiotics were equally effective in all patients, including those from whom Bacteroides fragilis was recovered.
    • Accession Number:
      3U02EL437C (Clindamycin)
      G42ZU72N5G (Carbenicillin)
      Q42T66VG0C (Penicillin G)
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 19810201 Date Completed: 19810421 Latest Revision: 20170214
    • Publication Date:
      20231215
    • Accession Number:
      10.1177/000992288102000206
    • Accession Number:
      7460462