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Clinical Trial
. 2001 Jan;68(1):11-4.
doi: 10.1007/BF02728849.

Postpneumonic empyema in childhood

N Belet  1 , S Uysal, E Bernay, N Gurses
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Clinical Trial

Postpneumonic empyema in childhood

N Belet et al. Indian J Pediatr. 2001 Jan.

Abstract

Fifty-six patients with postpneumonic empyema were treated by sulbactam/ampicillin or cephalothin and netilmicin. Dose of sulbactam/ampicillin was 200 mg/kg per day and of cephalothin was 200 mg/kg per day, and of netilmicin was 5 mg/kg per day. Sulbactam/ampicillin alone was used in 27 patients. Twenty-nine patients were treated with cephalothin plus netilmicin. Days on intravenous antibiotics, days with chest tube, decortication rate, and duration of hospitalization were significantly shorter in sulbactam/ampicillin treatment group compared to cephalothin plus netilmicin group. This study shows that sulbactam/ampicillin is a safe and effective agent in the treatment of postpneumonic empyema in childhood.

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