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ofloxacin and Pneumococcal Infections

ofloxacin has been researched along with Pneumococcal Infections in 100 studies

Ofloxacin: A synthetic fluoroquinolone antibacterial agent that inhibits the supercoiling activity of bacterial DNA GYRASE, halting DNA REPLICATION.
9-fluoro-3-methyl-10-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-7-oxo-2,3-dihydro-7H-[1,4]oxazino[2,3,4-ij]quinoline-6-carboxylic acid : An oxazinoquinoline that is 2,3-dihydro-7H-[1,4]oxazino[2,3,4-ij]quinolin-7-one substituted by methyl, carboxy, fluoro, and 4-methylpiperazin-1-yl groups at positions 3, 6, 9, and 10, respectively.
ofloxacin : A racemate comprising equimolar amounts of levofloxacin and dextrofloxacin. It is a synthetic fluoroquinolone antibacterial agent which inhibits the supercoiling activity of bacterial DNA gyrase, halting DNA replication.

Pneumococcal Infections: Infections with bacteria of the species STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE.

Research Excerpts

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"This study assessed daily aspirate samples from an indwelling sinus catheter during high-dose, short-course levofloxacin (750 mg daily x 5 days) treatment of acute maxillary sinusitis."9.12Serial sinus aspirate samples during high-dose, short-course levofloxacin treatment of acute maxillary sinusitis. ( Ambrose, PG; Anon, JB; Jones, RN; Kahn, JB; Paglia, M; Xiang, J, 2007)
"The authors had for aim to evaluate the efficacy and tolerance of oral levofloxacin (500 mg once a day during ten days), as a treatment for acute bacterial sinusitis at risk for complications in adult patients."9.11[Levofloxacin in the treatment of acute and bacteriologically documented sinusitis with high risk of complications]. ( Gehanno, P; Pessey, JJ; Serrano, E, 2005)
"Comparison of efficacy and safety of sparfloxacin vs ofloxacin for treatment of acute bacterial exacerbations of chronic bronchitis (ABECB)."9.08Sparfloxacin vs ofloxacin in the treatment of acute bacterial exacerbations of chronic bronchitis: a multicenter, double-blind, randomized, comparative study. Sparfloxacin Multicenter ABECB Study Group. ( Bensch, G; Chodosh, S; DeAbate, CA; Harper, L; Henry, D; Jubran, A; Talbot, GH; Tipping, D, 1998)
"A dose-decreasing immunocompetent sepsis mouse model was used to evaluate the in vivo effect of levofloxacin, moxifloxacin and gemifloxacin, using a ciprofloxacin/levofloxacin susceptible serotype 6B strain (ciprofloxacin MIC: 1 mg/l) and two resistant serotype 14 and 19F strains with gyrA and parC point mutations (ciprofloxacin MICs of 32 and 64 mg/l, respectively)."7.73In vivo activity of gemifloxacin, moxifloxacin and levofloxacin against pneumococci with gyrA and parC point mutations in a sepsis mouse model measured with the all or nothing mortality end-point. ( Aguilar, L; Alkorta, M; Giménez, MJ; Pérez-Trallero, E; Vicente, D, 2005)
"This study assessed daily aspirate samples from an indwelling sinus catheter during high-dose, short-course levofloxacin (750 mg daily x 5 days) treatment of acute maxillary sinusitis."5.12Serial sinus aspirate samples during high-dose, short-course levofloxacin treatment of acute maxillary sinusitis. ( Ambrose, PG; Anon, JB; Jones, RN; Kahn, JB; Paglia, M; Xiang, J, 2007)
"The authors had for aim to evaluate the efficacy and tolerance of oral levofloxacin (500 mg once a day during ten days), as a treatment for acute bacterial sinusitis at risk for complications in adult patients."5.11[Levofloxacin in the treatment of acute and bacteriologically documented sinusitis with high risk of complications]. ( Gehanno, P; Pessey, JJ; Serrano, E, 2005)
"Comparison of efficacy and safety of sparfloxacin vs ofloxacin for treatment of acute bacterial exacerbations of chronic bronchitis (ABECB)."5.08Sparfloxacin vs ofloxacin in the treatment of acute bacterial exacerbations of chronic bronchitis: a multicenter, double-blind, randomized, comparative study. Sparfloxacin Multicenter ABECB Study Group. ( Bensch, G; Chodosh, S; DeAbate, CA; Harper, L; Henry, D; Jubran, A; Talbot, GH; Tipping, D, 1998)
"To assess the safety and efficacy of a ten-day oral course of ofloxacin (400 mg 12 hourly) as compared with erythromycin (400 mg every 6 hours) for treatment of lower respiratory tract infections, fifty-two adult outpatients with pulmonary infiltrates (pneumonia) or with a cough and purulent sputum (bronchitis) were evaluated."5.07Treatment of lower respiratory infections in outpatients with ofloxacin compared with erythromycin. ( Hooton, TM; Lipsky, BA; Pecoraro, RE; Peugeot, RL, 1991)
"Levofloxacin (levogyre form of ofloxacin) has been approved for the treatment of acute and chronic sinusitis, pneumonia, and exacerbation of bronchopulmonary diseases, urinary, digestive and biliary infections in adults."3.76[Levofloxacin in children]. ( Cohen, R; Grimprel, E, 2010)
"Fluoroquinolones are not indicated for use for the treatment of pneumonia in children; however, non-levofloxacin-susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae (NLSSP) has emerged in South Africa among children receiving treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis."3.75Molecular characterization of emerging non-levofloxacin-susceptible pneumococci isolated from children in South Africa. ( de Gouveia, L; du Plessis, M; Klugman, KP; von Gottberg, A; Wolter, N, 2009)
"A dose-decreasing immunocompetent sepsis mouse model was used to evaluate the in vivo effect of levofloxacin, moxifloxacin and gemifloxacin, using a ciprofloxacin/levofloxacin susceptible serotype 6B strain (ciprofloxacin MIC: 1 mg/l) and two resistant serotype 14 and 19F strains with gyrA and parC point mutations (ciprofloxacin MICs of 32 and 64 mg/l, respectively)."3.73In vivo activity of gemifloxacin, moxifloxacin and levofloxacin against pneumococci with gyrA and parC point mutations in a sepsis mouse model measured with the all or nothing mortality end-point. ( Aguilar, L; Alkorta, M; Giménez, MJ; Pérez-Trallero, E; Vicente, D, 2005)
"Levofloxacin resistance was associated with increased mortality, along with septic shock, prior use of corticosteroids, and development of ARDS, in adult patients with IPD."1.39Association of levofloxacin resistance with mortality in adult patients with invasive pneumococcal diseases: a post hoc analysis of a prospective cohort. ( Carlos, CC; Chung, DR; Hsueh, PR; Kang, CI; Kim, SH; Peck, KR; Perera, J; So, TM; Song, JH; Thamlikitkul, V; Van, PH; Wang, H; Yasin, RM, 2013)
" An in vitro infection model was used to simulate free pulmonary fluctuating concentrations expected after multiple dosing regimens of both drugs in humans or constant multiples of the minimum inhibitory concentration."1.37Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic modelling of the bactericidal activity of free lung concentrations of levofloxacin and gatifloxacin against Streptococcus pneumoniae. ( Dalla Costa, T; de Andrade, C; Tasso, L, 2011)
"Levofloxacin seems to be a good alternative treatment for patients with uncomplicated spontaneous ascites infections."1.36A recent evaluation of empirical cephalosporin treatment and antibiotic resistance of changing bacterial profiles in spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. ( Alişkan, H; Güçlü, M; Husamettin, E; Serin, E; Yakar, T, 2010)
"In a previous study, levofloxacin 750 mg eradicated 4 ciprofloxacin-resistant isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae from an in vitro pharmacodynamic model (IVPM)."1.35Pharmacodynamics of levofloxacin against characterized ciprofloxacin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae. ( Lister, PD, 2008)
"Ciprofloxacin resistance was greatest in people >64 years of age and least in those <16 years of age."1.34Molecular characterization of increasing fluoroquinolone resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Canada, 1997 to 2005. ( Adam, HJ; Baudry, TJ; Hoban, CJ; Hoban, DJ; Laing, NM; Nichol, KA; Schurek, KN; Zhanel, GG, 2007)
"A correlation was seen between both the area under the serum concentration curve and MIC (AUC/MIC) and the peak concentration/MIC (Cmax/MIC) versus area under the bactericidal killing curve (AUBKC) or Deltalog0-24 cfu/mL."1.33Pharmacodynamics of moxifloxacin and levofloxacin against Streptococcus pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli: simulation of human plasma concentrations after intravenous dosage in an in vitro kinetic model. ( Cars, O; Odenholt, I, 2006)
" For quinolone-susceptible strain ATCC49619, tosufloxacin showed bactericidal activity, given that both the AUC(0-24h)/MIC ratios at the dosage of 150 mg t."1.33Pharmacodynamic evaluation of tosufloxacin against Streptococcus pneumoniae in an in vitro model simulating serum concentration. ( Fukuda, Y; Mitsuyama, J; Takahata, M, 2006)
" Dosing regimens for gatifloxacin were 400 mg once daily (qd) administered to younger patients (<65 years) and gatifloxacin 200 mg qd to elderly patients (> or =65 years)."1.33Comparison of gatifloxacin and levofloxacin administered at various dosing regimens to hospitalised patients with community-acquired pneumonia: pharmacodynamic target attainment study using North American surveillance data for Streptococcus pneumoniae. ( Hoban, DJ; Noreddin, AM; Zhanel, GG, 2005)
"Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are generally subjected to multiple regimens of antimicrobial treatment."1.33In vivo development of high-level fluoroquinolone resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. ( Ercibengoa, M; González, A; Larruskain, J; Marimón, JM; Pérez-Trallero, E, 2005)
"The decision to treat an aortitis by corticotherapy must be made with caution even if the microbiological tests are negative."1.33[Infectious or inflammatory aortitis? One case report]. ( Benhamou, Y; Cailleux, N; Lévesque, H; Marie, I; Plissonnier, D; Pons, JL; Richard, C; Watelet, J, 2006)
" AUC0-t/MIC was strongly associated with bacterial kill throughout the dosing interval."1.32AUC(0-t)/MIC is a continuous index of fluoroquinolone exposure and predictive of antibacterial response for Streptococcus pneumoniae in an in vitro infection model. ( Ariano, RE; Harding, GK; Iacovides, H; Sun, S; Zelenitsky, SA, 2003)
"Levofloxacin resistance was detected in 2 of 2,834 isolates (0."1.32Susceptibilities to levofloxacin in Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Moraxella catarrhalis clinical isolates from children: results from 2000-2001 and 2001-2002 TRUST studies in the United States. ( Critchley, IA; Evangelista, AT; Jones, ME; Karlowsky, JA; Noel, GJ; Sahm, DF; Thornsberry, C, 2003)
"Ciprofloxacin was less effective than the levofloxacin regimens against all four study isolates."1.32Comparative antimicrobial activity of levofloxacin and ciprofloxacin against Streptococcus pneumoniae. ( Garrison, MW, 2003)
"Levofloxacin resistance was rarely associated with MDR phenotypes."1.32The activity of levofloxacin and other antimicrobials against clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae collected worldwide during 1999-2002. ( Blosser-Middleton, RS; Jones, ME; Karlowsky, JA; Sahm, DF; Thornsberry, C, 2003)
" pneumoniae, with standard dosing resulting in area under the concentration-time curve/MIC ratios and peak concentration/MIC ratios that resulted in 99."1.31Activities of trovafloxacin, gatifloxacin, clinafloxacin, sparfloxacin, levofloxacin, and ciprofloxacin against penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in an in vitro infection model. ( Hershberger, E; Rybak, MJ, 2000)
" Inter-subject pharmacokinetic and MIC variability may impact the probability of attaining optimal AUC:MIC ratios and hence favorable clinical outcome."1.31The use of Monte Carlo simulation to examine pharmacodynamic variance of drugs: fluoroquinolone pharmacodynamics against Streptococcus pneumoniae. ( Ambrose, PG; Grasela, DM, 2000)
"4 (100%), respectively, over the dosing period."1.31Streptococcus pneumoniae response to repeated moxifloxacin or levofloxacin exposure in a rabbit tissue cage model. ( Bui, KQ; Mattoes, H; McNabb, J; Nicolau, DP; Nightingale, CH; Quintiliani, R; Xuan, D; Zhong, M, 2001)
"Levofloxacin was also quite active, inhibiting 98-100% of the isolates at concentrations < or = 2 micrograms/ml."1.30Comparative antistreptococcal activity of two newer fluoroquinolones, levofloxacin and sparfloxacin. ( Jones, RN; Pfaller, MA, 1997)
"This has implications for the future treatment of pneumococcal infections in this country and emphasizes the need for new anti-pneumococcal agents."1.30Pneumococcal resistance in the UK. ( Goldsmith, CE; Moore, JE; Murphy, PG, 1997)
" In this study, the bactericidal characteristics and pharmacodynamic profiles of levofloxacin, ciprofloxacin, and ampicillin against four isolates of S."1.30Pharmacodynamic comparisons of levofloxacin, ciprofloxacin, and ampicillin against Streptococcus pneumoniae in an in vitro model of infection. ( Lacy, MK; Lu, W; Nicolau, DP; Nightingale, CH; Quintiliani, R; Tessier, PR; Xu, X, 1999)
"The aim of this study was to compare the bactericidal efficacy of levofloxacin and ofloxacin against Streptococcus pneumoniae at different dosage regimens for both agents."1.30Pharmacodynamics of levofloxacin and ofloxacin against Streptococcus pneumoniae. ( Bauernfeind, A, 1999)
" The dosing regimen of each drug that yielded serum levels in mice which mimic human therapeutic concentrations of the drugs, were designed."1.30Comparative efficacies of levofloxacin and ciprofloxacin against Streptococcus pneumoniae in a mouse model of experimental septicaemia. ( Bui, KQ; Nicolau, DP; Nightingale, CH; Onyeji, CO; Owens, RC; Quintiliani, R, 1999)
"We studied the pharmacokinetic parameters of four fluoroquinolones--ofloxacin, ciprofloxacin, temafloxacin and sparfloxacin--in a mouse model of Streptococcus pneumoniae-infected lung."1.28Pharmacokinetics of four fluoroquinolones in an animal model of infected lung. ( Azoulay-Dupuis, E; Bergogne-Bérézin, E; Pocidalo, JJ; Vallée, E, 1991)

Research

Studies (100)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-19901 (1.00)18.7374
1990's13 (13.00)18.2507
2000's74 (74.00)29.6817
2010's12 (12.00)24.3611
2020's0 (0.00)2.80

Authors

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Tanaseanu, C1
Bergallo, C1
Teglia, O1
Jasovich, A1
Oliva, ME1
Dukart, G1
Dartois, N1
Cooper, CA1
Gandjini, H1
Mallick, R1
Davies, TA4
Yee, YC3
Bush, K3
Sahm, D1
Evangelista, A2
Goldschmidt, R3
Sahm, DF6
Evangelista, AT2
Lister, PD1
Wolter, N2
du Plessis, M2
von Gottberg, A2
de Gouveia, L2
Klugman, KP4
Vila-Corcoles, A1
Bejarano-Romero, F1
Salsench, E1
Ochoa-Gondar, O1
de Diego, C1
Gomez-Bertomeu, F1
Raga-Luria, X1
Cliville-Guasch, X1
Arija, V1
Sohma, M1
Yokozawa, I1
Kaneko, S1
Satake, S1
Yakar, T1
Güçlü, M1
Serin, E1
Alişkan, H1
Husamettin, E1
Hsieh, YC1
Chang, LY1
Huang, YC1
Lin, HC1
Huang, LM1
Hsueh, PR2
Grimprel, E1
Cohen, R1
Naba, MR1
Araj, GF1
Baban, TA1
Tabbarah, ZA1
Awar, GN1
Kanj, SS1
Suzuki, K1
Kurono, Y1
Kobayashi, T1
Nishimura, T1
Baba, S1
Harabuchi, Y1
Fujisawa, T1
Yamanaka, N1
Ubukata, K1
Ikeda, F1
Luque, S1
Grau, S1
Valle, M1
Colino, CI1
Ferrer, A1
Sunagawa, S1
Fujita, J1
Higa, F1
Tateyama, M1
Haranaga, S1
Nakasone, I1
Yamane, N1
Uno, T1
Patel, SN1
McGeer, A1
Melano, R1
Tyrrell, GJ1
Green, K1
Pillai, DR1
Low, DE4
Tasso, L1
de Andrade, C1
Dalla Costa, T1
Pallecchi, L1
Riccobono, E1
Montagnani, F1
Di Maggio, T1
Mantengoli, E1
Pollini, S1
Rossolini, GM1
Iraurgui, P1
Torres, MJ1
Aznar, J1
Kang, CI1
Song, JH1
Kim, SH1
Chung, DR1
Peck, KR1
Thamlikitkul, V1
Wang, H1
So, TM1
Yasin, RM1
Carlos, CC1
Van, PH1
Perera, J1
Pessey, JJ2
Soussy, CJ1
Critchley, IA2
Blosser-Middleton, RS2
Jones, ME4
Karlowsky, JA4
Karginova, EA1
Thornsberry, C4
Bello, S1
Torres, A1
Odagiri, S1
Watanuki, Y1
Takahashi, H1
Shimada, J1
Zelenitsky, SA1
Ariano, RE1
Iacovides, H1
Sun, S1
Harding, GK1
Noel, GJ2
Johnson, CN1
Benjamin Jr, WH1
Moser, SA1
Hollingshead, SK1
Zheng, X1
Crain, MJ1
Nahm, MH1
Waites, KB1
Anderson, KB1
Tan, JS1
File, TM1
DiPersio, JR1
Willey, BM1
Garrison, MW2
Ohsaki, Y1
Tachibana, M1
Nakanishi, K1
Nakao, S1
Saito, K1
Toyoshima, E1
Sato, M1
Takahashi, T1
Osanai, S1
Itoh, Y1
Kikuchi, K1
Safdar, A1
Schimmels, JA1
Madaras-Kelly, KJ1
Hua, CZ1
Shang, SQ1
Sun, XF1
Li, JP1
Chen, ZM1
Yu, XL1
Schito, AM1
Schito, GC1
Marrie, TJ1
Pletz, MW2
McGee, L2
Jorgensen, J1
Beall, B2
Facklam, RR1
Whitney, CG2
Brian, SR1
Kimbrough, RC1
Brown, SD1
Farrell, DJ1
Morrissey, I2
Bhavnani, SM1
Hammel, JP1
Jones, RN4
Ambrose, PG3
Richter, SS1
Heilmann, KP1
Beekmann, SE1
Miller, NJ1
Rice, CL1
Doern, GV1
Alkorta, M1
Giménez, MJ2
Vicente, D1
Aguilar, L2
Pérez-Trallero, E2
Fuller, JD1
Tarragó, D1
Lara, N1
Fenoll, A1
Casal, J1
Sevillano, D2
Gehanno, P1
Serrano, E1
Marimón, JM1
González, A1
Ercibengoa, M1
Larruskain, J1
Noreddin, AM1
Hoban, DJ3
Zhanel, GG3
Fukuda, Y1
Takahata, M1
Mitsuyama, J1
Huelves, L1
Martínez-Marín, C1
López-Casla, MT1
Gracia, M1
Alou, L1
del Carmen Ponte, M1
Prieto, J1
Soriano, F1
Benhamou, Y1
Plissonnier, D1
Cailleux, N1
Pons, JL1
Richard, C1
Watelet, J1
Marie, I1
Lévesque, H1
Rivera, A1
Rebollo, M1
Miró, E1
Mateo, M1
Navarro, F1
Gurguí, M1
Mirelis, B1
Coll, P1
Schurek, KN2
Adam, HJ2
Odenholt, I1
Cars, O1
Oznur, AK1
Ozer, S1
Benzonana, NA1
Nichol, KA1
Hoban, CJ1
Baudry, TJ1
Laing, NM1
Anon, JB1
Paglia, M1
Xiang, J1
Kahn, JB1
Kays, MB1
Lisek, CR1
Denys, GA1
Dobay, O1
Rozgonyi, F1
Ghidán, A1
Matuz, M1
Nagy, K1
Amyes, SG1
Alonso, R1
Mateo, E1
Cisterna, R1
LaPlante, KL1
Rybak, MJ2
Tsuji, B1
Lodise, TP1
Kaatz, GW1
Ip, M1
Chau, SS1
Chi, F1
Cheuk, ES1
Ma, H1
Lai, RW1
Chan, PK1
Shin, JH1
Jung, HJ1
Kim, HR1
Jeong, J1
Jeong, SH1
Kim, S1
Lee, EY1
Lee, JN1
Chang, CL1
Leibovitz, E1
McNeeley, DF1
Dagan, R1
Cohen, C1
Mpembe, R1
Quan, V1
Whitelaw, A1
Hoffmann, R1
Govender, N1
Meiring, S1
Smith, AM1
Schrag, S1
Reichman, LB1
Smith, JT1
Giron, KP1
Gross, ME1
Musher, DM1
Williams, TW1
Tharappel, RA1
Pfaller, MA2
Goldsmith, CE1
Moore, JE1
Murphy, PG1
DeAbate, CA1
Henry, D1
Bensch, G1
Jubran, A1
Chodosh, S1
Harper, L1
Tipping, D1
Talbot, GH1
Lontie, M1
Liekens, K1
Deschilder, I1
Lacy, MK1
Lu, W1
Xu, X1
Tessier, PR1
Nicolau, DP3
Quintiliani, R3
Nightingale, CH3
Thomson, KS2
Chartrand, SA2
Sanders, CC1
Block, SL1
Bauernfeind, A1
Onyeji, CO1
Bui, KQ2
Owens, RC1
Wortmann, GW1
Bennett, SP1
Hershberger, E1
Trampuz, A1
Wenk, M1
Rajacic, Z1
Zimmerli, W1
Tauro, S1
Dobie, D1
Richardson, G1
Hastings, M1
Mahendra, P1
Grasela, DM1
Bergogne-Bérézin, E2
Oteo, J1
Alós, JI1
Gómez-Garcés, JL1
Xuan, D1
Zhong, M1
Mattoes, H1
McNabb, J1
Ho, PL1
Tse, WS1
Tsang, KW1
Kwok, TK1
Ng, TK1
Cheng, VC1
Chan, RM1
Black, J1
Moland, ES1
Nealy, L1
Nicodemo, AC1
Mendes, CM1
Oplustil, CP1
Sinto, S1
Rossi, C1
Sternon, J1
Ross, JJ1
Worthington, MG1
Gorbach, SL1
Tillotson, GS1
Zhao, X1
Drlica, K1
Hutchinson, J1
White, RL1
Enzweiler, KA1
Friedrich, LV1
Wagner, D1
Hoban, D1
Bosso, JA1
Vallée, E1
Azoulay-Dupuis, E1
Pocidalo, JJ1
Peugeot, RL1
Lipsky, BA1
Hooton, TM1
Pecoraro, RE1
Davies, BI1
Maesen, FP1
Teengs, JP1
Baur, C1

Clinical Trials (3)

Trial Overview

TrialPhaseEnrollmentStudy TypeStart DateStatus
A Phase 3, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Comparative Study Of The Efficacy And Safety Of Tigecycline Vs Levofloxacin To Treat Subjects Hospitalized With Community-Acquired Pneumonia[NCT00079885]Phase 3430 participants (Actual)Interventional2003-11-30Completed
A Phase 3, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Comparative Study Of The Efficacy And Safety Of Intravenous Tigecycline Vs Intravenous Levofloxacin To Treat Subjects Hospitalized With Community-Acquired Pneumonia[NCT00081575]Phase 3434 participants (Actual)Interventional2004-01-31Completed
An Open-label, Multi-center, Non-comparative Sinus Puncture Study of 750 mg, Short-course Levofloxacin in the Treatment of Acute Maxillary Sinusitis[NCT00236652]Phase 318 participants (Actual)Interventional2003-11-30Completed
[information is prepared from clinicaltrials.gov, extracted Sep-2024]

Reviews

5 reviews available for ofloxacin and Pneumococcal Infections

ArticleYear
[Update on levofloxacin in the management of acute sinusitis with risk of complications].
    Presse medicale (Paris, France : 1983), 2002, Jun-15, Volume: 31, Issue:21 Pt 2

    Topics: Abscess; Acute Disease; Anti-Infective Agents; Cellulitis; Clinical Trials as Topic; Disease Progres

2002
[New microbiological data on the susceptibility of Pneumococci to levofloxacin].
    Presse medicale (Paris, France : 1983), 2002, Jun-15, Volume: 31, Issue:21 Pt 2

    Topics: Anti-Infective Agents; Drug Resistance, Microbial; France; Humans; Levofloxacin; Ofloxacin; Pneumoco

2002
Levofloxacin, a broad spectrum anti-infective: from Streptococcus pneumoniae to Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
    Journal of chemotherapy (Florence, Italy), 2004, Volume: 16 Suppl 2

    Topics: Anti-Infective Agents; Ciprofloxacin; Drug Resistance, Microbial; Humans; Italy; Levofloxacin; Micro

2004
A review of Streptococcus pneumoniae infection treatment failures associated with fluoroquinolone resistance.
    Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2005, Jul-01, Volume: 41, Issue:1

    Topics: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Ciprofloxacin; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Female; F

2005
[Third and fourth generation fluoroquinolones].
    Revue medicale de Bruxelles, 2001, Volume: 22, Issue:5

    Topics: Administration, Oral; Anti-Infective Agents; Aza Compounds; Belgium; Biological Availability; Drug M

2001

Trials

6 trials available for ofloxacin and Pneumococcal Infections

ArticleYear
Integrated results of 2 phase 3 studies comparing tigecycline and levofloxacin in community-acquired pneumonia.
    Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 2008, Volume: 61, Issue:3

    Topics: Adult; Aged; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Community-Acquired Infections; Female; Gram-Negative Bacterial I

2008
Integrated results of 2 phase 3 studies comparing tigecycline and levofloxacin in community-acquired pneumonia.
    Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 2008, Volume: 61, Issue:3

    Topics: Adult; Aged; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Community-Acquired Infections; Female; Gram-Negative Bacterial I

2008
Integrated results of 2 phase 3 studies comparing tigecycline and levofloxacin in community-acquired pneumonia.
    Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 2008, Volume: 61, Issue:3

    Topics: Adult; Aged; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Community-Acquired Infections; Female; Gram-Negative Bacterial I

2008
Integrated results of 2 phase 3 studies comparing tigecycline and levofloxacin in community-acquired pneumonia.
    Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 2008, Volume: 61, Issue:3

    Topics: Adult; Aged; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Community-Acquired Infections; Female; Gram-Negative Bacterial I

2008
Experience with levofloxacin in a critical pathway for the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia.
    Chemotherapy, 2004, Volume: 50 Suppl 1

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Ambulatory Care; Anti-Infective Agents; Azi

2004
[Levofloxacin in the treatment of acute and bacteriologically documented sinusitis with high risk of complications].
    Medecine et maladies infectieuses, 2005, Volume: 35, Issue:6

    Topics: Acute Disease; Adolescent; Adult; Africa, Southern; Aged; Bacterial Infections; Female; France; Haem

2005
Serial sinus aspirate samples during high-dose, short-course levofloxacin treatment of acute maxillary sinusitis.
    Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 2007, Volume: 57, Issue:1

    Topics: Acute Disease; Adult; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Catheters, Indwelling; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug

2007
Sparfloxacin vs ofloxacin in the treatment of acute bacterial exacerbations of chronic bronchitis: a multicenter, double-blind, randomized, comparative study. Sparfloxacin Multicenter ABECB Study Group.
    Chest, 1998, Volume: 114, Issue:1

    Topics: Acute Disease; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Anti-Infective Agents; Bronchitis; Chlamy

1998
Treatment of lower respiratory infections in outpatients with ofloxacin compared with erythromycin.
    Drugs under experimental and clinical research, 1991, Volume: 17, Issue:5

    Topics: Adult; Aged; Bronchitis; Chlamydia Infections; Erythromycin; Female; Humans; Legionnaires' Disease;

1991

Other Studies

89 other studies available for ofloxacin and Pneumococcal Infections

ArticleYear
Effects of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on U.S. levofloxacin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae.
    Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.), 2008, Volume: 14, Issue:3

    Topics: Amino Acid Substitution; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Base Sequence; Chi-Square Distribution; DNA Gyrase;

2008
Decline in the prevalence of pandemic clones Spain23F-1 and Spain9V-3 among US fluoroquinolone-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae TRUST Surveillance isolates since 2001.
    Postgraduate medicine, 2008, Volume: 120, Issue:3 Suppl 1

    Topics: Clone Cells; Disease Outbreaks; Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; Humans; Levofloxacin; Microbia

2008
Pharmacodynamics of levofloxacin against characterized ciprofloxacin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae.
    Postgraduate medicine, 2008, Volume: 120, Issue:3 Suppl 1

    Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Ciprofloxacin; DNA Gyrase; DNA Topoisomerase IV; Drug Resistance, Bacterial;

2008
Molecular characterization of emerging non-levofloxacin-susceptible pneumococci isolated from children in South Africa.
    Journal of clinical microbiology, 2009, Volume: 47, Issue:5

    Topics: Adolescent; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacterial Proteins; Bacterial Typing Techniques; Carrier State; C

2009
Drug-resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates among Spanish middle aged and older adults with community-acquired pneumonia.
    BMC infectious diseases, 2009, Mar-25, Volume: 9

    Topics: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Blood

2009
[Epidemiological study of levofloxacin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from 2003 through 2006 in Japan].
    Kansenshogaku zasshi. The Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases, 2009, Volume: 83, Issue:2

    Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Epidemiologic Methods; Humans; Japan; Levofloxaci

2009
A recent evaluation of empirical cephalosporin treatment and antibiotic resistance of changing bacterial profiles in spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.
    Digestive diseases and sciences, 2010, Volume: 55, Issue:4

    Topics: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Ascitic Fluid; Bacterial Infections; Cefepime

2010
Circulation of international clones of levofloxacin non-susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae in Taiwan.
    Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2010, Volume: 16, Issue:7

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Amino Acid Substitution; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Base Seq

2010
[Levofloxacin in children].
    Archives de pediatrie : organe officiel de la Societe francaise de pediatrie, 2010, Volume: 17 Suppl 4

    Topics: Adult; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacterial Infections; Child; Community-Acquired Infections; Humans; Le

2010
Emergence of fluoroquinolone-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in Lebanon: a report of three cases.
    Journal of infection and public health, 2010, Volume: 3, Issue:3

    Topics: Aged; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Cefepime; Ceftazidime; Cephalosporins; Clarithromycin; Drug Resistance,

2010
[Mutant prevention concentrations of garenoxacin against Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from otorhinolaryngological infections].
    The Japanese journal of antibiotics, 2010, Volume: 63, Issue:4

    Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Aza Compounds; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Drug Resistance, Bacterial;

2010
Levofloxacin weight-adjusted dosing and pharmacokinetic disposition in a morbidly obese patient.
    The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 2011, Volume: 66, Issue:7

    Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Body Weight; Humans; Infusions, Intravenous; Levofloxacin; Middle Aged; Obesi

2011
Comparison of drug sensitivity and genotypes of clinically isolated strains of levofloxacin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae obtained from Okinawa Island, the Japanese main island and Hong Kong.
    The Journal of antibiotics, 2011, Volume: 64, Issue:8

    Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacterial Proteins; Cluster Analysis; DNA, Bacterial; Drug Resistance, Bacter

2011
Susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae to fluoroquinolones in Canada.
    Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2011, Volume: 55, Issue:8

    Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Aza Compounds; Binding Sites; Canada; Ciprofloxacin; DNA Gyrase; DNA Topoisom

2011
Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic modelling of the bactericidal activity of free lung concentrations of levofloxacin and gatifloxacin against Streptococcus pneumoniae.
    International journal of antimicrobial agents, 2011, Volume: 38, Issue:4

    Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Area Under Curve; Culture Media; Fluoroquinolones; Gatifloxacin; Humans; Levo

2011
Antipneumococcal activity of ulifloxacin compared to levofloxacin and ciprofloxacin.
    Journal of chemotherapy (Florence, Italy), 2011, Volume: 23, Issue:5

    Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Ciprofloxacin; Disk Diffusion Antimicrobial Tests; Drug Resistance, Multiple,

2011
Molecular epidemiology of fluoroquinolone resistance in invasive clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Seville.
    Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica, 2012, Volume: 30, Issue:4

    Topics: Adult; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacterial Proteins; Biological Transport; DNA Gyrase; DNA Mutational A

2012
Association of levofloxacin resistance with mortality in adult patients with invasive pneumococcal diseases: a post hoc analysis of a prospective cohort.
    Infection, 2013, Volume: 41, Issue:1

    Topics: Adult; Aged; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Community-Acquired Infections; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Femal

2013
Phenotypic and genotypic analysis of levofloxacin-resistant clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae collected in 13 countries during 1999-2000.
    International journal of antimicrobial agents, 2002, Volume: 20, Issue:2

    Topics: Anti-Infective Agents; Asia; DNA Gyrase; DNA Topoisomerase IV; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Electroph

2002
[Pneumococcus and quinolone resistance].
    Archivos de bronconeumologia, 2003, Volume: 39, Issue:3

    Topics: Adult; Aged; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Anti-Infective Agents; Aza Compounds; Child, Preschool; Ciproflo

2003
[Epidemiological study on patients with pneumococcal respiratory tract infection in a Japanese health facility during the past year].
    The Japanese journal of antibiotics, 2001, Volume: 54 Suppl B

    Topics: Acute Disease; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Anti-Bacterial Agents; beta-Lactams; Ceph

2001
AUC(0-t)/MIC is a continuous index of fluoroquinolone exposure and predictive of antibacterial response for Streptococcus pneumoniae in an in vitro infection model.
    The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 2003, Volume: 51, Issue:4

    Topics: Anti-Infective Agents; Area Under Curve; Aza Compounds; Culture Media; Dose-Response Relationship, D

2003
Susceptibilities to levofloxacin in Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Moraxella catarrhalis clinical isolates from children: results from 2000-2001 and 2001-2002 TRUST studies in the United States.
    Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2003, Volume: 47, Issue:6

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Anti-Infective Agents; Azithromycin; Child; Child, Preschool; Drug Resistan

2003
Genetic relatedness of levofloxacin-nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from North America.
    Journal of clinical microbiology, 2003, Volume: 41, Issue:6

    Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Anti-Infective Agents; Bacterial Capsules; Bacterial Typing Techniques; Drug

2003
Emergence of levofloxacin-resistant pneumococci in immunocompromised adults after therapy for community-acquired pneumonia.
    Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2003, Aug-01, Volume: 37, Issue:3

    Topics: Adult; Anti-Infective Agents; Community-Acquired Infections; Drug Resistance, Microbial; Humans; Imm

2003
Comparative antimicrobial activity of levofloxacin and ciprofloxacin against Streptococcus pneumoniae.
    The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 2003, Volume: 52, Issue:3

    Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Area Under Curve; Ciprofloxacin; Humans; Kinetics; Levofloxacin; Microbial Se

2003
Alterations in penicillin binding protein gene of Streptococcus pneumoniae and their correlation with susceptibility patterns.
    International journal of antimicrobial agents, 2003, Volume: 22, Issue:2

    Topics: Aminoacyltransferases; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Azithromycin; Bacterial Proteins; Carrier Proteins; Cl

2003
Efficacy of vancomycin plus levofloxacin combination therapy for refractory pericarditis due to multiresistant Streptococcus pneumoniae.
    International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases, 2003, Volume: 7, Issue:4

    Topics: Adult; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; Drug Therapy, Combination; Human

2003
The activity of levofloxacin and other antimicrobials against clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae collected worldwide during 1999-2002.
    Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 2003, Volume: 47, Issue:4

    Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; Global Health; Humans; Levofloxacin; Mi

2003
In vitro pharmacodynamic activity of gatifloxacin, gemifloxacin, moxifloxacin and levofloxacin against Streptococcus pneumoniae containing specific mutations in DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IV.
    Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 2003, Volume: 47, Issue:4

    Topics: Analysis of Variance; Aza Compounds; Culture Media; DNA Gyrase; DNA Topoisomerase IV; Drug Resistanc

2003
[Antibiotics-resistance pattern and genetic type of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from children in Hangzhou].
    Zhonghua er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of pediatrics, 2004, Volume: 42, Issue:1

    Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Cefotaxime; Child, Preschool; China; Chloramphenicol; Drug Resistance, Bacter

2004
Quinolone resistance among pneumococci: therapeutic and diagnostic implications.
    Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2004, May-15, Volume: 38 Suppl 4

    Topics: Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; Fluoroquinolones; Humans; Levoflox

2004
Levofloxacin-resistant invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae in the United States: evidence for clonal spread and the impact of conjugate pneumococcal vaccine.
    Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2004, Volume: 48, Issue:9

    Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; Genes, Bacter

2004
Salvage of a prosthetic knee joint infected with resistant pneumococcus. A case report.
    The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume, 2004, Volume: 86, Issue:10

    Topics: Aged; Anti-Infective Agents; Arthritis, Infectious; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee; Azithromycin; D

2004
Prevalence and molecular analysis of macrolide and fluoroquinolone resistance among isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae collected during the 2000-2001 PROTEKT US Study.
    Journal of clinical microbiology, 2004, Volume: 42, Issue:11

    Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacterial Proteins; Community-Acquired Infections; Drug Resistance, Bacterial

2004
Relationship between increased levofloxacin use and decreased susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae in the United States.
    Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 2005, Volume: 51, Issue:1

    Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Community-Acquired Infections; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Humans; Levofloxac

2005
The molecular epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae with quinolone resistance mutations.
    Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2005, Jan-15, Volume: 40, Issue:2

    Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Ciprofloxacin; DNA Gyrase; DNA Topoisomerase IV; Drug Resistance, Bacterial;

2005
In vivo activity of gemifloxacin, moxifloxacin and levofloxacin against pneumococci with gyrA and parC point mutations in a sepsis mouse model measured with the all or nothing mortality end-point.
    International journal of antimicrobial agents, 2005, Volume: 25, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Anti-Infective Agents; Aza Compounds; Ciprofloxacin; Disease Models, Animal; DNA Gyrase; DN

2005
Interspecies recombination in type II topoisomerase genes is not a major cause of fluoroquinolone resistance in invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in the United States.
    Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2005, Volume: 49, Issue:2

    Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; DNA Topoisomerases, Type II; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Fluoroquinolones; Ge

2005
Specific antibodies, levofloxacin, and modulation of capsule-associated virulence in Streptococcus pneumoniae.
    Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2005, Volume: 49, Issue:7

    Topics: Animals; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Antibodies, Bacterial; Antibody Specificity; Area Under Curve; Bacte

2005
In vivo development of high-level fluoroquinolone resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
    Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2005, Aug-15, Volume: 41, Issue:4

    Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; Electrophor

2005
Comparison of gatifloxacin and levofloxacin administered at various dosing regimens to hospitalised patients with community-acquired pneumonia: pharmacodynamic target attainment study using North American surveillance data for Streptococcus pneumoniae.
    International journal of antimicrobial agents, 2005, Volume: 26, Issue:2

    Topics: Adult; Aged; Community-Acquired Infections; Drug Administration Schedule; Epidemiologic Methods; Flu

2005
Infrequent occurrence of single mutations in topoisomerase IV and DNA gyrase genes among US levofloxacin-susceptible clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae from nine institutions (1999-2003).
    The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 2006, Volume: 57, Issue:3

    Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; DNA Gyrase; DNA Topoisomerase IV; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Gene Expression

2006
Pharmacodynamic evaluation of tosufloxacin against Streptococcus pneumoniae in an in vitro model simulating serum concentration.
    Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy, 2006, Volume: 12, Issue:1

    Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Area Under Curve; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Drug Resistance, Bacteria

2006
Correlation between in vitro and in vivo activity of levofloxacin and moxifloxacin against pneumococcal strains with different susceptibilities to fluoroquinolones.
    International journal of antimicrobial agents, 2006, Volume: 27, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Aza Compounds; Colony Count, Microbial; Disease Models, Animal; DNA

2006
[Infectious or inflammatory aortitis? One case report].
    La Revue de medecine interne, 2006, Volume: 27, Issue:9

    Topics: Adrenal Cortex Hormones; Aged; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal; Aortic Dissection;

2006
Superantigen gene profile, emm type and antibiotic resistance genes among group A streptococcal isolates from Barcelona, Spain.
    Journal of medical microbiology, 2006, Volume: 55, Issue:Pt 8

    Topics: Alleles; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Anti-Infective Agents; Ciprofloxacin; Drug Resistance; Erythromycin;

2006
Call for the international adoption of microbiological breakpoints for fluoroquinolones and Streptococcus pneumoniae.
    International journal of antimicrobial agents, 2006, Volume: 28, Issue:3

    Topics: Anti-Infective Agents; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Fluoroquinolones; Humans; Levofloxacin; Microbial

2006
Pharmacodynamics of moxifloxacin and levofloxacin against Streptococcus pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli: simulation of human plasma concentrations after intravenous dosage in an in vitro kinetic model.
    The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 2006, Volume: 58, Issue:5

    Topics: Animals; Anti-Infective Agents; Area Under Curve; Aza Compounds; Escherichia coli; Escherichia coli

2006
[Antibiotic resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae strains isolated from sterile body sites].
    Mikrobiyoloji bulteni, 2006, Volume: 40, Issue:3

    Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacteremia; Cerebrospinal Fluid; Dacryocystitis; Drug Resistance, Bacterial;

2006
Molecular characterization of increasing fluoroquinolone resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Canada, 1997 to 2005.
    Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2007, Volume: 51, Issue:1

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Aza Compounds; Bacterial Proteins; Canada;

2007
Comparative in vitro and bactericidal activities of telithromycin against penicillin-nonsusceptible, levofloxacin-resistant, and macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae by time-kill methodology.
    International journal of antimicrobial agents, 2007, Volume: 29, Issue:3

    Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Humans; In Vitro Techniques; Ketolides; Levofloxacin; Macrolides; Microbial S

2007
The first steps towards fluoroquinolone resistance in Hungarian pneumococci.
    Journal of chemotherapy (Florence, Italy), 2006, Volume: 18, Issue:6

    Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Aza Compounds; Bacterial Proteins; Carbonyl Cyanide m-Chlorophenyl Hydrazone;

2006
Detection of parC mutations in Streptococcus pneumoniae by Real-time PCR and Taqman-MGB probes.
    Journal of microbiological methods, 2007, Volume: 69, Issue:1

    Topics: Anti-Infective Agents; Aspartic Acid; Codon; DNA Mutational Analysis; DNA Topoisomerase IV; Drug Res

2007
Fluoroquinolone resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae: area under the concentration-time curve/MIC ratio and resistance development with gatifloxacin, gemifloxacin, levofloxacin, and moxifloxacin.
    Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2007, Volume: 51, Issue:4

    Topics: Area Under Curve; Aza Compounds; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Fluoroquinolones; Gatifloxacin; Gemiflo

2007
Longitudinally tracking fluoroquinolone resistance and its determinants in penicillin-susceptible and -nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Hong Kong, 2000 to 2005.
    Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2007, Volume: 51, Issue:6

    Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacterial Proteins; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Fluoroquinolones; Hong Kong;

2007
Prevalence, characteristics, and molecular epidemiology of macrolide and fluoroquinolone resistance in clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae at five tertiary-care hospitals in Korea.
    Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2007, Volume: 51, Issue:7

    Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Community-Acquired Infections; DNA, Bacterial; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Er

2007
Characterization and dynamics of middle ear fluid and nasopharyngeal isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae from 12 children treated with levofloxacin.
    Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2008, Volume: 52, Issue:1

    Topics: Acute Disease; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Child, Preschool; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Electrophoresis,

2008
Emergence of levofloxacin-non-susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae and treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in children in South Africa: a cohort observational surveillance study.
    Lancet (London, England), 2008, Mar-29, Volume: 371, Issue:9618

    Topics: Adolescent; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Antitubercular Agents; Child; Child, Preschool; Cross Infection;

2008
Tuberculosis drug resistance comes full circle.
    Lancet (London, England), 2008, Mar-29, Volume: 371, Issue:9618

    Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Antitubercular Agents; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Humans; Ofloxacin; Pneumoc

2008
Activity of new 4-quinolones in combination with erythromycin or tetracycline against S. pneumoniae.
    Drugs, 1995, Volume: 49 Suppl 2

    Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Anti-Infective Agents; Drug Therapy, Combination; Erythromycin; Fluoroquinolo

1995
In vitro antimicrobial effect against Streptococcus pneumoniae of adding rifampin to penicillin, ceftriaxone, or 1-ofloxacin.
    Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 1995, Volume: 39, Issue:12

    Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Anti-Infective Agents; Ceftriaxone; Cephalosporins; Colony Count, Microbial;

1995
Comparative antistreptococcal activity of two newer fluoroquinolones, levofloxacin and sparfloxacin.
    Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 1997, Volume: 29, Issue:3

    Topics: Anti-Infective Agents; Ciprofloxacin; Drug Resistance, Microbial; Fluoroquinolones; Humans; In Vitro

1997
Pneumococcal resistance in the UK.
    The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 1997, Volume: 40 Suppl A

    Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Anti-Infective Agents; Cephalosporins; Chloramphenicol; Ciprofloxacin; Drug R

1997
In vitro activity of newer quinolones on Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from outpatients.
    Acta clinica Belgica, 1998, Volume: 53, Issue:4

    Topics: Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Anti-Infective Agents; Cefurox

1998
Pharmacodynamic comparisons of levofloxacin, ciprofloxacin, and ampicillin against Streptococcus pneumoniae in an in vitro model of infection.
    Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 1999, Volume: 43, Issue:3

    Topics: Ampicillin; Ampicillin Resistance; Anti-Infective Agents; Ciprofloxacin; Culture Media; Drug Resista

1999
In-vitro activity of levofloxacin against Streptococcus pneumoniae with various levels of penicillin resistance.
    The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 1999, Volume: 43 Suppl C

    Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Anti-Infective Agents; Child; Humans; Lactams; Levofloxacin; Microbial Sensit

1999
Pharmacodynamics of levofloxacin and ofloxacin against Streptococcus pneumoniae.
    The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 1999, Volume: 43 Suppl C

    Topics: Anti-Infective Agents; Humans; Levofloxacin; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Ofloxacin; Pneumococcal In

1999
Comparative efficacies of levofloxacin and ciprofloxacin against Streptococcus pneumoniae in a mouse model of experimental septicaemia.
    International journal of antimicrobial agents, 1999, Volume: 12, Issue:2

    Topics: Acute Kidney Injury; Administration, Cutaneous; Animals; Anti-Infective Agents; Bacteremia; Ciproflo

1999
Fatal meningitis due to levofloxacin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae.
    Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 1999, Volume: 29, Issue:6

    Topics: Anti-Infective Agents; Drug Resistance, Microbial; Fatal Outcome; Humans; Levofloxacin; Male; Mening

1999
Activities of trovafloxacin, gatifloxacin, clinafloxacin, sparfloxacin, levofloxacin, and ciprofloxacin against penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in an in vitro infection model.
    Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2000, Volume: 44, Issue:3

    Topics: Anti-Infective Agents; Blood Coagulation; Ciprofloxacin; Fibrin; Fluoroquinolones; Gatifloxacin; Hum

2000
Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of levofloxacin against Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus in human skin blister fluid.
    Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2000, Volume: 44, Issue:5

    Topics: Anti-Infective Agents; Blister; Body Fluids; Granulocytes; Humans; Levofloxacin; Microbial Sensitivi

2000
Recurrent penicillin-resistant pneumococcal sepsis after matched unrelated donor (MUD) transplantation for refractory T cell lymphoma.
    Bone marrow transplantation, 2000, Volume: 26, Issue:9

    Topics: Adult; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols; Bacteremia; Bone Marrow Transplantation; Carm

2000
The use of Monte Carlo simulation to examine pharmacodynamic variance of drugs: fluoroquinolone pharmacodynamics against Streptococcus pneumoniae.
    Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 2000, Volume: 38, Issue:3

    Topics: Anti-Infective Agents; Area Under Curve; Fluoroquinolones; Gatifloxacin; Humans; Levofloxacin; Micro

2000
[Resistance and new antibiotic strategies. The other new molecules].
    Presse medicale (Paris, France : 1983), 2000, Dec-02, Volume: 29, Issue:37

    Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Anti-Infective Agents; Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; Drug Resistance, Mi

2000
Antimicrobial resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in 1999 and 2000 in Madrid, Spain: a multicentre surveillance study.
    The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 2001, Volume: 47, Issue:2

    Topics: Anti-Infective Agents; Humans; Levofloxacin; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Ofloxacin; Pneumococcal In

2001
Streptococcus pneumoniae response to repeated moxifloxacin or levofloxacin exposure in a rabbit tissue cage model.
    Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2001, Volume: 45, Issue:3

    Topics: Animals; Anti-Infective Agents; Aza Compounds; Disease Models, Animal; Female; Fluoroquinolones; Lev

2001
Macrolide and fluoroquinolone (levofloxacin) resistances among Streptococcus pneumoniae strains: significant trends from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (North America, 1997-1999).
    Journal of clinical microbiology, 2000, Volume: 38, Issue:11

    Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Anti-Infective Agents; Drug Resistance, Microbial; Humans; Levofloxacin; Macr

2000
Risk factors for acquisition of levofloxacin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae: a case-control study.
    Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2001, Mar-01, Volume: 32, Issue:5

    Topics: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Anti-Infective Agents; Case-Control Studies; Drug Resistance, Microbial; Fe

2001
Activity of oral agents against pediatric isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae.
    Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 2001, Volume: 39, Issue:3

    Topics: Administration, Oral; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Anti-Infective Agents; Aza Compounds; Child; Child, Pre

2001
Trends in ciprofloxacin nonsusceptibility and levofloxacin resistance among Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in North America.
    Journal of clinical microbiology, 2001, Volume: 39, Issue:7

    Topics: Anti-Infective Agents; Ciprofloxacin; Humans; Levofloxacin; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; North Ameri

2001
In vitro activity of fluoroquinolones (gatifloxacin, levofloxacin and trovafloxacin) and seven other antibiotics against Streptococcus pneumoniae.
    The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases, 2001, Volume: 5, Issue:2

    Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Anti-Infective Agents; Drug Resistance, Microbial; Drug Resistance, Multiple;

2001
Resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae to fluoroquinolones--United States, 1995-1999.
    MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2001, Sep-21, Volume: 50, Issue:37

    Topics: Anti-Infective Agents; Drug Resistance, Microbial; Humans; Levofloxacin; Microbial Sensitivity Tests

2001
Resistance to levofloxacin and failure of treatment of pneumococcal pneumonia.
    The New England journal of medicine, 2002, Jul-04, Volume: 347, Issue:1

    Topics: Aged; Anti-Infective Agents; Bacteremia; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Fatal Outcome; Humans; Levoflox

2002
Resistance to levofloxacin and failure of treatment of pneumococcal pneumonia.
    The New England journal of medicine, 2002, Jul-04, Volume: 347, Issue:1

    Topics: Anti-Infective Agents; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Humans; Levofloxacin; Ofloxacin; Pneumococcal Inf

2002
Resistance to levofloxacin and failure of treatment of pneumococcal pneumonia.
    The New England journal of medicine, 2002, Jul-04, Volume: 347, Issue:1

    Topics: Anti-Infective Agents; Canada; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Drug Utilization; Hospitals; Humans; Levo

2002
Comparative activity of gatifloxacin and other antibiotics against 4009 clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae in the United States during 1999-2000.
    Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 2002, Volume: 43, Issue:3

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Anti-Infective Agents; Azithromycin; Ceftriaxone; Ch

2002
Pharmacokinetics of four fluoroquinolones in an animal model of infected lung.
    The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 1991, Volume: 28 Suppl C

    Topics: Animals; Anti-Infective Agents; Ciprofloxacin; Disease Models, Animal; Fluoroquinolones; Lung Diseas

1991
[New oral quinolone compounds in chronic bronchitis].
    Infection, 1986, Volume: 14 Suppl 1

    Topics: Administration, Oral; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacterial Infections; Bronchitis; Chronic Disease; Cipr

1986