The Influence of Long-term Treatment with Mecillinam on Fecal Escherichia coli
- 1 January 1984
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 16 (2), 223-224
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00365548409087147
Abstract
The influence of long-term treatment with a low dose of pivmecillinam on the fecal flora was investigated. Before treatment Escherichia coli was detected in about 88 % of 30 outpatients with chronic recurrent urinary tract infections, but after 1-2 months only about 55 % had detectable E. coli in the intestinal flora. E. coli resistant to mecillinam were not selected during the therapy. A similar group of patients treated with nitrofurantoin showed neither changes in the E. coli flora nor in the resistance pattern.Keywords
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