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Original Research |1 December 1975

Amikacin Therapy for Serious Gram-Negative Bacillary Infections

RICHARD D. MEYER, M.D.; ROBERT P. LEWIS, M.D.; E. DUANE CARMALT, M.D.; SYDNEY M. FINEGOLD, M.D., F.A.C.P.

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Grant support: in part by a grant from Bristol Laboratories, Syracuse, New York.
This paper was presented in part at the Ninth International Congress of Chemotherapy, 15 July 1975, London, England, and at the 15th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 26 September 1975, Washington, D.C.
▸Requests for reprints should be addressed to Richard D. Meyer, M.D., Infectious Disease Section 111F, Wadsworth Hospital Center, Wilshire and Sawtelle Blvds., Los Angeles, CA 90073.
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Amikacin is a new aminoglycoside antibiotic pharmacologically similar to kanamycin. It has a wide range of activity against Gram-negative bacilli, including many resistant to gentamicin. Thirty-six serious Gram-negative bacillary infections were treated with amikacin. Twenty-nine patients (80.6%) responded (cured or improved). Twelve of 13 patients with gentamicin-resistant pathogens responded. Minor ototoxicity occurred in 6 patients and was associated with prolonged therapy or previous aminoglycoside therapy. Possible nephrotoxicity with amikacin was found in 6 patients. Amikacin should be used primarily to treat suspected or known gentamicin-resistant pathogens.

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MEYER RD, LEWIS RP, CARMALT ED, et al. Amikacin Therapy for Serious Gram-Negative Bacillary Infections. Ann Intern Med. 1975;83:790–800. doi: https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-83-6-790

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 1975;83(6):790-800.

DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-83-6-790

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