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Safety and efficacy of meropenem in hospitalised children: randomised comparison with cefotaxime, alone and combined with metronidazole or amikacin. Meropenem Paediatric Study Group.

Author(s): Schuler D

Affiliation(s): Department of Paediatrics, Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest, Hungary.

Publication date & source: 1995-07, J Antimicrob Chemother., 36 Suppl A:99-108.

Publication type: Clinical Trial; Multicenter Study; Randomized Controlled Trial

In this multicentre, randomised study of 170 children hospitalised with bacterial infections, meropenem (10 to 20 mg/kg every 8 h) was found to be as effective and as well tolerated as cefotaxime (100 to 150 mg/kg/day), with or without amikacin or metronidazole. Most drug-related adverse events were mild and self-limiting. Neither regimen was associated with seizures. The overall incidence of clinically significant laboratory changes was similar in the two treatment groups. Satisfactory clinical responses were obtained in 94/96 (98%) patients treated with meropenem monotherapy and 43/46 (93%) children treated with cefotaxime regimens, while satisfactory bacteriological responses were obtained in 25/28 (89%) and 9/10 (90%) patients, respectively. Meropenem monotherapy appears to be a well-tolerated and effective drug for paediatric infections.

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