clindamycin-phosphate and Pancreatic-Diseases

Eighteen patients with serious Bacteroides infections were treated with systemic clindamycin-2-phosphate. Sixteen patients recovered without complications while two patients died. Few side effects were noted. The infections treated included septic abortion, posthysterectomy infections, pelvic inflammatory disease, perforation of the bowel, postoperative complications of abdominal surgery and pancreatic abscess. The clinical usefulness of this drug in treating Bacteroides infection is confirmed.

Topics: Abortion, Septic; Abscess; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Bacteroides Infections; Child; Child, Preschool; Clindamycin; Clinical Trials as Topic; Drug Evaluation; Drug Therapy, Combination; Female; Gentamicins; Hearing Disorders; Humans; Infant; Intestinal Perforation; Male; Middle Aged; Ontario; Organophosphorus Compounds; Pancreatic Diseases; Pelvic Inflammatory Disease; Peritonitis; Postoperative Complications; Pregnancy; Retrospective Studies