Efficacy and perspectives of use cephalosporin antibiotic zinnat to treatment for the pneumonia in policlinic

Abstract

The data on using cephalosporin antibiotic Zinnat for treating 49 outpatients with mild or moderate course of focal pneumonia is given. Zinnat was prescribed to patients in a dose of 500 mg twice a day if the pneumonia was diagnosed within three days after the disease beginning. The treatment resulted in the complete recovery of 48 patients and the clinical improvement of 1 patient. 31 patients required 7 days of therapy, 17 patients — 10 days, and the treatment course was longer for 1 patient only. Zinnat possessed a high therapeutic efficacy and few or no side-effects. All this makes it possible to consider Zinnat as an effective and convenient for use antibiotic for an ambulant treating for not severe pneumonia. Zinnat can also be considered as the antibiotic of choice for outpatient pneumonia treatment.