Treatment of acute uncomplicated cystitis with faropenem for 3 days versus 7 days: multicentre, randomized, open-label, controlled trial
Author(s) -
Ryoichi Hamasuna,
K. Tanaka,
Hiroshi Hayami,
Mitsuru Yasuda,
Satoshi Takahashi,
Kanao Kobayashi,
Hiroshi Kiyota,
Shingo Yamamoto,
Soichi Arakawa,
Tetsuro Matsumoto,
Kiyohito Ishikawa,
Satoshi Ishihara,
Shuichiro Uehara,
Shinichi Onodera,
S. Kanemaru,
Toshihiro Kikuchi,
Hiromi Kumon,
Hiroshi Shima,
Atsushi Takahashi,
Yuichiro Kurimura,
Masanobu Tanimura,
Tadashi Tsukamoto,
T. Deguchi,
Seiji Naito,
Yoshiaki Nakano,
M. Fujisawa,
Takako Miura,
M. Yasada,
Tomihiko Yasufuku,
Takashi Yamane,
Kodai Wada,
Toyohiko Watanabe,
Hiroshi Nagae,
Takehiko Sho,
Hiroyuki Nose,
M. Kusaka,
Mineo Matsumoto,
K. Kobayahsi,
Akio Matsubara,
Hironobu Wakeda,
Shin Ito,
Y. Yamada,
Kazumi Fujita,
Yoshikazu Togo,
Tatsuhiko Kubo,
Y. Aoki,
Masanori Matsukawa,
Susumu Yazawa,
Tadahiko Karasawa,
Jun Miyazaki,
Hiroyuki Nishiyama,
Rikiya Taoka,
Katsunori Shigehara,
Jonathan Hashimoto,
H. Betsuno,
Jun Kamei,
Hiroshi Hongo
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dku014
Subject(s) - antimicrobial , medicine , randomized controlled trial , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , anaerobic bacteria , bacteria , anaerobic exercise , antibacterial agent , pharmacology , biology , physiology , genetics
The increasing prevalence of resistant bacteria such as fluoroquinolone-resistant or extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing strains in pathogens causing acute uncomplicated cystitis has been of concern in Japan. Faropenem sodium is a penem antimicrobial that demonstrates a wide antimicrobial spectrum against both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria. It is stable against a number of β-lactamases.
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