Correspondence to: Battal Altun Department of Internal Medicine, Kasımpasa Military Hospital, Yesilkoy, Istanbul 34149, Turkey Tel: +90-5415429657, E-mail: [email protected] Received on November 30, 2014. Revised on January 6, 2015. Accepted on January 7, 2015. Published online June 19, 2015 pISSN 1976-2283 eISSN 2005-1212 http://dx.doi.org/10.5009/gnl14469 To the Editor: We read the articl...

The objective of the present trial was to compare the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of moxifloxacin (400 mg) given intravenously (i.v.) once daily followed by oral moxifloxacin (400 mg) for 7 to 14 days with the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of co-amoxiclav (1.2 g) administered by i.v. infusion three times a day followed by oral co-amoxiclav (625 mg) three times a day, with or without...

Moxifloxacin 400 mg tablet has been marketed in Indonesia for several indications, i.e. acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis (AECB), community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), and acute bacterial sinusitis (ABS). To assess the safety and tolerability of moxifloxacin, a post-marketing surveillance study was conducted in the year 2001 involving 589 physicians. Clinical efficacy was also evaluated, b...

OBJECTIVES The primary aim of the RELIEF study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of two sequential intravenous (iv)/oral regimens: moxifloxacin iv/oral versus piperacillin/tazobactam (TZP) iv followed by oral amoxicillin/clavulanate (AMC). PATIENTS AND METHODS The study had a prospective, randomized, double-dummy, double-blind, multicentre design. Patients ≥18 years were prospectively s...

BACKGROUND Appropriate antimicrobial therapy results in improved clinical outcomes in complicated intra-abdominal infections (cIAIs). Recent in vitro studies have reported increasing moxifloxacin resistance of Bacteroides species, thereby cautioning empiric use in infections with these organisms. METHODS This pooled analysis of 4 randomized clinical trials (2000-2010) evaluated the comparativ...

The aim of the study was to determine if immunomodulation of host defense with recombinant murine granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) improves the efficacy of trovafloxacin or moxifloxacin in abscesses containing Bacillus fragilis ATCC 23745 and different Escherichia coli strains varying in virulence. Treatment of mice inoculated with 10(7) CFU B. fragilis and 10(5) CFU low-virulence ...

In this multinational, randomized, double-blind study, the efficacy and safety of a 5 day course of moxifloxacin 400 mg orally od was compared with that of a 7 day course of clarithromycin 500 mg orally bd. in 750 patients with acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis, characterized by at least two of the symptoms: sputum purulence, increased sputum volume or increased dyspnoea. Seven days aft...

Moxifloxacin is a recent addition to the fluoroquinolone class, differing from ciprofloxacin and other older agents in having much better in vitro activity against Grampositive aerobes while retaining potent activity against Gram-negative aerobes. It is also active against the pathogens of human and animal bite wounds and those species of atypical mycobacteria associated with dermatologic infec...

BACKGROUND AND AIM Metronidazole and tetracycline-based second-line quadruple therapy, widely used for Helicobacter pylori infection, often ends up in failure due to antibiotic resistance and poor compliance in Korea. Our aim is to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of moxifloxacin-based triple therapy as an alternative second-line treatment for H. pylori infection. METHODS The subjects c...