A randomised prospective clinico-laboratory evaluation of the efficacy of ornidazole versus clindamycin in anaerobic infections was performed in 140 patients; 67 were given ornidazole and 73 received clindamycin. Patients were mainly suffering from peritonitis, pelvic cellulitis, endometritis, soft
Imipenem-cilastatin was given in doses of 1 g intravenously every 6 h to 31 patients. Twenty-five patients, with 27 infections, were clinically evaluable and received 20 to 210 g of imipenem for a duration of 5 to 56 days (average 16.3 days). Infections included seven cases of osteomyelitis, seven