Prescribing Considerations in Fluoroquinolone Therapy
作者:
Layne O. Gentry,
期刊:
Pharmacotherapy: The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy
(WILEY Available online 1993)
卷期:
Volume 13,
issue 2P2
页码: 39-44
ISSN:0277-0008
年代: 1993
DOI:10.1002/j.1875-9114.1993.tb02715.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
Comparative trials have shown that the new oral fluoroquinolones are as effective as parenteral cephalosporins and other broad‐spectrum agents in treating infections of the urinary tract, lower respiratory tract, and skin and skin structure caused by most gram‐negative and selected gram‐positive pathogens. The agents are also effective in the treatment of prostatitis and osteomyelitis. Sequential parenteral to oral therapy has also proved useful, even in patients who are severely ill and are in intensive care units. This allows patients to be transferred out of intensive care earlier, reduces hospital stay and pharmacy costs, and improves quality of life. Because of the high bioavailability (>95%) of ofloxacin, oral and parenteral doses are iden
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