[Studies on a new cephalosporin, cefotiam, in the pediatric field (author's transl)].

The studies on cefotiam (CTM) administered by intravenous drip infusion in pediatric field made the following results: 1. The serum levels after administration of cefotiam 25 mg/kg, 63 mg/kg by intravenous was maintained high until 2 hours after and kept to be able to measure after 5 hours, and the half life was 0.9-1.7 hours. 2. The drug transferred actively about 1/5 of serum level into the intrathoracic pus. The excretion rate in urine was about 80% of the drug administered. 3. The clinical effective rate after the administration of CTM 50-70 mg/kg for 4 to 29 days was 95% in 21 patients with different five diseases. 4. No side effect and abnormality in laboratory findings were observed.