[In vitro action of moxalactam on hospital bacteria. Results of a multicenter survey].

The high potency of Moxalactam on three major groups of bacteria, i.e. Enterobacteriae, Haemophilus and Bacteroïdes, predicted by previous studies, has been confirmed by the study of hospital strains in this multicenter investigation.

[Treatment of enterobacterial meningitis in adults with intravenous lamoxactam].

Meningitis caused by Gram-negative bacilli creates difficult problems since most strains are multiresistant. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of lamoxactam administered intravenously. Eleven patients admitted to an intensive care unit with meningitis due to Gram-negative bacilli were treated with this antibiotic, administered alone in 9 cases.

[Gram negative bacilli endocarditis ].

Gram negative bacilli endocarditis are unfrequent. Nevertheless we encountered 28 cases of them (8.8%) among 320 endocarditis of which 10 were primitive and 7 cases (10.