Clinical studies of flomoxef in the field of obstetrics and gynecology

: Flomoxef (FMOX, 6315-S) is a new oxacephem antibiotics chemically related to latamoxef. Clinical studies on FMOX were carried out in the field of obstetrics and gynecology. A total of 9 patients comprising 4 cases of endometritis, 4 of Bartholin's abscess and 1 of vulvar abscess were treated with FMOX using intravenous injection at a dose of 1 g twice daily for 5-6 days. The clinical efficacy was good in all cases. Neither adverse reactions nor abnormal laboratory values were observed in any of the cases. From the results, it was concluded that FMOX was an useful antibiotic in the field of obstetrics and gynecology.