Møller JK, Stenderup A. The influence of long-term treatment with mecillinam on fecal Escherichia coli.
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES 1984;
16:223-4. [PMID:
6330882 DOI:
10.3109/00365548409087147]
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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.
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