Yazarlar (42) |
![]() Gülhane Askeri Tıp Akademisi, Türkiye |
![]() Erciyes Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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![]() Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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![]() İnönü Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
![]() Dicle Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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![]() Gazi Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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![]() Akdeniz Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
![]() İstanbul Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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![]() İstanbul Medipol Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
![]() Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
![]() Gülhane Askeri Tıp Akademisi, Türkiye |
![]() Uludağ Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
![]() Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
![]() Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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![]() Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
![]() Kocaeli Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
![]() Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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![]() Hacettepe Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
![]() Dicle Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
![]() Gülhane Askeri Tıp Akademisi, Türkiye |
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![]() Çukurova Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
![]() Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
![]() İnönü Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
![]() Çukurova Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
![]() Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Özet |
No data on whether brucellar meningitis or meningoencephalitis can be treated with oral antibiotics or whether an intravenous extended-spectrum cephalosporin, namely, ceftriaxone, which does not accumulate in phagocytes, should be added to the regimen exist in the literature. The aim of a study conducted in Istanbul, Turkey, was to compare the efficacy and tolerability of ceftriaxone-based antibiotic treatment regimens with those of an oral treatment protocol in patients with these conditions. This retrospective study enrolled 215 adult patients in 28 health care institutions from four different countries. The first protocol (P1) comprised ceftriaxone, rifampin, and doxycycline. The second protocol (P2) consisted of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, rifampin, and doxycycline. In the third protocol (P3), the patients started with P1 and transferred to P2 when ceftriaxone was stopped. The treatment period was shorter with the regimens which included ceftriaxone (4.40 +/- 2.47 months in P1, 6.52 +/- 4.15 months in P2, and 5.18 +/- 2.27 months in P3) (P = 0.002). In seven patients, therapy was modified due to antibiotic side effects. When these cases were excluded, therapeutic failure did not differ significantly between ceftriaxone-based regimens (n = 5/166, 3.0%) and the oral therapy (n = 4/42, 9.5%) (P = 0.084). The efficacy of the ceftriaxone-based regimens was found to be better (n = 6/166 [3.6%] versus n = 6/42 [14.3%]; P = 0.017) when a composite negative outcome (CNO; relapse plus therapeutic failure) was considered. Accordingly, CNO was greatest in P2 (14.3%, n = 6/42) compared to P1 (2.6%, n = 3/ 117) and P3 (6.1%, n = 3/ 49) (P = 0.020). Seemingly, ceftriaxone-based regimens are more successful and require shorter therapy than the oral treatment protocol. |
Anahtar Kelimeler |
Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
Makale Alt Türü | SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale |
Dergi Adı | ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY |
Dergi ISSN | 0066-4804 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi |
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SSCI |
Makale Dili | İngilizce |
Basım Tarihi | 03-2012 |
Cilt No | 56 |
Sayı | 3 |
Sayfalar | 1523 / 1528 |
Doi Numarası | 10.1128/AAC.05974-11 |
Makale Linki | http://aac.asm.org/cgi/doi/10.1128/AAC.05974-11 |