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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...

A case of Salmonella Potsdam osteomyelitis treated successfully with levofloxacin and ceftazidime

An extremely rare case of Salmonella Potsdam lumbar vertebral osteomyelitis was treated successfully with intravenous levofloxacin and ceftazidime with symptom improvement and no neurological deficits. An immunocompetent, 29-year old female...

An extremely rare case of Salmonella Potsdam lumbar vertebral osteomyelitis was treated successfully with intravenous levofloxacin and ceftazidime with symptom improvement and no neurological deficits. An immunocompetent, 29-year old female...

Estimated cardiac risk associated with macrolides and fluoroquinolones decrease substantially when adjusted for patient characteristics

Researchers at the University of Iowa discovered a decrease in cardiac risk associated with macrolides and fluoroquinolones – when underlying patient characteristics and conditions related to the indication of these...

Researchers at the University of Iowa discovered a decrease in cardiac risk associated with macrolides and fluoroquinolones – when underlying patient characteristics and conditions related to the indication of these...

Sitafloxacin demonstrated 100% Chlamydia trachomatis eradication rate among male patients with urethritis in Japan

Chlamydia trachomatis is one of the most common causes of non-gonococcal urethritis in men.1 Treatment options for chlamydia urethritis include tetracyclines, macrolides and fluoroquinolones. Drug-resistant C. trachomatis isolates have been...

Chlamydia trachomatis is one of the most common causes of non-gonococcal urethritis in men.1 Treatment options for chlamydia urethritis include tetracyclines, macrolides and fluoroquinolones. Drug-resistant C. trachomatis isolates have been...

Inhaled levofloxacin liposomes complemented with lysozyme: An effective antimicrobial and antibiofilm strategy against Staphylococcus aureus lung infection

Staphylococcus aureus is a Gram-positive organism that is responsible for various infections such as skin abscess, osteomyelitis, and lung infection among patients with cystic fibrosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease...

Staphylococcus aureus is a Gram-positive organism that is responsible for various infections such as skin abscess, osteomyelitis, and lung infection among patients with cystic fibrosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease...

Fluoroquinolones such as levofloxacin show promise as an alternative monotherapy for Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteraemia

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a Gram-negative organism that confers a high mortality risk, especially in cases of bloodstream infection or bacteraemia.1-3 The most common sources of bacteraemia include pneumonia, intra-abdominal infections,...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a Gram-negative organism that confers a high mortality risk, especially in cases of bloodstream infection or bacteraemia.1-3 The most common sources of bacteraemia include pneumonia, intra-abdominal infections,...

Sitafloxacin Demonstrates Excellent Activity Against Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae Isolates

Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a sexually-transmitted pathogen that may cause asymptomatic infection or may clinically present as urethritis, cervicitis, pharyngitis or proctitis.1 In women, untreated gonorrhoea may cause long-term abdominal pain,...

Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a sexually-transmitted pathogen that may cause asymptomatic infection or may clinically present as urethritis, cervicitis, pharyngitis or proctitis.1 In women, untreated gonorrhoea may cause long-term abdominal pain,...

Sitafloxacin demonstrates excellent in vitro activity against a global panel of antimicrobial-resistant and multidrug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimated in 2012 that 78 million new cases of urogenital gonorrhoea occur among adults annually.1 The emergence of N. gonorrhoeae resistant to ceftriaxone, the empiric...

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimated in 2012 that 78 million new cases of urogenital gonorrhoea occur among adults annually.1 The emergence of N. gonorrhoeae resistant to ceftriaxone, the empiric...

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