Abstract
This study reports the results of an evaluation of the effectiveness and tolerability of rifaximin, an intestinal topical antibiotic. It was administered using a nasogastric tube in patients with severe enterocolitis and bacterial superinfections causing intestinal inflammatory diseases and portosystemic encephalopathy. The drug proved highly effective clinically and produced neither local nor systemic side-effects.
E’ stata valutata l'efficacia e la tollerabilita delia rifaximina, un antibiotico ad azione topica intestinale, somministrata tramite sondino nasogastrico in pazienti affetti da gravi enterocoliti, sovrainfezioni batteriche in corso di malattie infiammatorie intestinali ed encefalopatia porto-sistemica. Oltre all'ottima efficacia clinica si segnala l'assenza di effetti collaterali, locali e sistemici, di questo farmaco.
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