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Levofloxacin resolves Stenotrophomonas maltophilia pneumonia

12 October, 2018

Antibiotic treatment with levofloxacin (500 mg/day) is shown to be effective in resolving persistent productive cough in a patient with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia pneumonia. A 61-year-old male presented with persistent productive...

Antibiotic treatment with levofloxacin (500 mg/day) is shown to be effective in resolving persistent productive cough in a patient with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia pneumonia. A 61-year-old male presented with persistent productive...

Intravenous piperacillin-tazobactam and levofloxacin for Kocuria kristinae bacteraemic empyema

04 October, 2018

This is the first reported case of community-acquired Kocuria kristinae bacteraemic empyema – resolved after insertion of a chest tube and intravenous piperacillin-tazobactam and levofloxacin. A 57-year-old man presented with...

This is the first reported case of community-acquired Kocuria kristinae bacteraemic empyema – resolved after insertion of a chest tube and intravenous piperacillin-tazobactam and levofloxacin. A 57-year-old man presented with...

Oral levofloxacin and sitafloxacin are effective for the treatment of epididymitis

19 September, 2018

Pharmacokinetics study on oral levofloxacin (500 mg) and sitafloxacin (100 mg) conducted at the Okoyama University Hospital and its related institutions in Japan demonstrated efficacy for the treatment of epididymitis....

Pharmacokinetics study on oral levofloxacin (500 mg) and sitafloxacin (100 mg) conducted at the Okoyama University Hospital and its related institutions in Japan demonstrated efficacy for the treatment of epididymitis....

Levofloxacin: One of the most effective antibiotic for empiric therapy of dacryocystitis

13 September, 2018

Sensitivity data from a retrospective study investigating the microbiologic profile and antibiogram of patients with acute and chronic dacryocystitis demonstrated levofloxacin as one of the most effective empiric antimicrobial therapy...

Sensitivity data from a retrospective study investigating the microbiologic profile and antibiogram of patients with acute and chronic dacryocystitis demonstrated levofloxacin as one of the most effective empiric antimicrobial therapy...

Secondary switch to oral levofloxacin allowed early rehabilitation in primary ventriculitis caused by Neisseria meningitidis

06 September, 2018

A four-week antibiotic regimen combining two weeks of intravenous cefotaxime followed by two weeks of oral levofloxacin was shown to be effective in the treatment of meningococcal ventriculitis in an...

A four-week antibiotic regimen combining two weeks of intravenous cefotaxime followed by two weeks of oral levofloxacin was shown to be effective in the treatment of meningococcal ventriculitis in an...

Long-term levofloxacin demonstrates safety for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment in children

29 August, 2018

Long-term levofloxacin treatment has demonstrated safety and shown to be well-tolerated in a cohort of seventy children below 15 years of age with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). This study aims to...

Long-term levofloxacin treatment has demonstrated safety and shown to be well-tolerated in a cohort of seventy children below 15 years of age with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). This study aims to...

Prophylactic oral levofloxacin for febrile neutropaenia in acute myeloid leukaemia patients reduces hospital readmissions

23 August, 2018

Prophylactic oral levofloxacin is shown to be effective for febrile neutropaenia – thereby preventing hospital readmissions in patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) after consolidation chemotherapy. AML patients receiving consolidation...

Prophylactic oral levofloxacin is shown to be effective for febrile neutropaenia – thereby preventing hospital readmissions in patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) after consolidation chemotherapy. AML patients receiving consolidation...

Systemic antibiotic treatment with sitafloxacin prevents periodontal surgery-induced stomatitis outbreak

16 August, 2018

Behçet’s disease (BD) is a systemic vasculitis of unknown aetiology – characterised by recurrent oral and genital ulceration, uveitis, and skin manifestations; epidemiologic studies have established an autoimmune process triggered...

Behçet’s disease (BD) is a systemic vasculitis of unknown aetiology – characterised by recurrent oral and genital ulceration, uveitis, and skin manifestations; epidemiologic studies have established an autoimmune process triggered...

Latest Nipah virus outbreak lends urgency to vaccine development

10 August, 2018

The latest Nipah virus (NiV) outbreak in the Kozhikode and Malappuram districts of Kerala in southern India has claimed 17 lives among the 18 confirmed cases, and resulted in the...

The latest Nipah virus (NiV) outbreak in the Kozhikode and Malappuram districts of Kerala in southern India has claimed 17 lives among the 18 confirmed cases, and resulted in the...

Successful treatment of discitis caused by Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans using empiric levofloxacin: A case report

This is the first published case showing levofloxacin as an effective alternative oral antibiotic for the treatment of discitis caused by the Gram-negative bacillus Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans. A 52-year-old Japanese woman...

This is the first published case showing levofloxacin as an effective alternative oral antibiotic for the treatment of discitis caused by the Gram-negative bacillus Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans. A 52-year-old Japanese woman...

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