The clinical efficacy and safety of teicoplanin was studied in hospitalized patients with skin and soft tissue infections. In an open multicentre study 64 patients were treated with teicoplanin i.v. and/or i.m. Predisposing or complicating factors for infection were present in almost 80% of the patients. Teicoplanin was usually given as an initial loading dose of 400 mg (87.1%), or 800 mg (6.5%) or various doses (6.5%). During the course of the study, the mean daily dose of teicoplanin was 261.3 mg. Sixty of the 62 evaluable patients responded to treatment. 58 gram-positive pathogens were isolated, consisting of Staphylococcus aureus (n = 41), coagulase-negative staphylococci (n = 6) and streptococci (n = 11). Elimination of pathogens was seen in 37/47 of all microbiologically evaluable cases. Persistence, recurrence or reinfection occurred in 7/47, 2/47 and 1/47, respectively. Adverse reactions were reported in only three patients with allergic reaction, local reaction and rise in transaminases in one case each. Therapy failed only in two patients.
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