Avtor/Urednik		Arguedas, Adriano; Cespedes, Jaime; Botet, Francesc Aseni; Blumer, Jeffrey; Yogev, Ram; Gesser, Richard; Wang, Jean; West, Joseph; Snyder, Theresa; Čižman, Milan
Naslov		Safety and tolerability of ertapenem versus ceftriaxone in a double-blind study performed in children with complicated urinary tract infection, community-acquired pneumonia or skin and soft-tissue infection
Tip		članek
Vir		Int J Antimicrob Agents
Vol. in št.		Letnik 33, št. 2
Leto izdaje		2009
Obseg		str. 163-7
Jezik		eng
Abstrakt		The carbapenem antibiotic ertapenem has been shown to be safe, well tolerated and effective in treating adults with complicated urinary tract infection, skin and soft-tissue infection and community-acquired pneumonia. In this study, we evaluated ertapenem for treating these infections in children in a randomised, double-blind, active-controlled clinical trial. The primary outcome was the incidence of clinical and laboratory drug-related serious adverse events (AEs). Children were randomised in a 3:1 ratio (ertapenem:ceftriaxone) stratified by index infection and age to receive ertapenem or ceftriaxone; 303 children received ertapenem and 100 children received ceftriaxone. The median duration of parenteral therapy was 4 days for both treatments. The most commonly reported drug-related clinical AEs during parenteral therapy were diarrhoea (5.9% ertapenem, 10% ceftriaxone), infusion site erythema (3% ertapenem, 2% ceftriaxone) and infusion site pain (5% ertapenem, 1% ceftriaxone). One child in each group reported a serious drug-related clinical AE. No serious drug-related laboratory AEs were reported. In children aged 3 months to 17 years, ertapenem was well tolerated and had a comparable safety profile to that of ceftriaxone.
Deskriptorji		CEFTRIAXONE CHILD CHILD, PRESCHOOL COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD INFANT MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS