Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (1975) 1, 411-415
© 1975 The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
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Clindamycina retrospective study of its side-effects
Accident and Emergency Department Whipps Cross Hospital, Leytonstone, London E11 1NR, England
accepted 16 August 1975
Twenty-four thousand one hundred and seventy casualty record cards for 1973 were examined, and 654 patients were found to have been treated with clindamycin. Detailed examination of these cards revealed 5 patients with side-effects (0 8%), 2 of which were transient diarrhoea (03%). These figures support the view that clinda mycin is a safe antibiotic when given to essentially healthy ambulant patients, in the recommended dosage, for 5 to 7 days.