[Comparative study of the chemotherapeutic effectiveness of mecillinam, ampicillin and their combination in coli bacillary pyelonephritis in rats].

The chemotherapeutic effect of mecillinam and ampicillin was studied comparatively on rats with hematogenic obturation colibacillary pyelonephritis. The antibiotics were administered intragastrically in a dose of 100 mg/kg for 7 days. The treatment was started 24 hours after infection. When the drugs were used in combination their doses were twice as lower. When used alone mecillinam and ampicillin had a significant effect which was practically the same. A marked increase in the therapeutic effect was observed with the use of the antibiotics in combination: sterilization of the tissues of the affected kidney and prevention of development of macroscopic lesions in it in all the animals.