Sparfloxacin for the treatment of acute bacterial maxillary sinusitis documented by sinus puncture.
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol
; 84(1): 63-71, 2000 Jan.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To evaluate the efficacy and safety of sparfloxacin in the treatment of patients with acute bacterial maxillary sinusitis, the microbiologic etiology of which was determined by maxillary sinus puncture. PATIENTS ANDMETHODS:
Two hundred fifty-three patients enrolled in the open, noncomparative trial received sparfloxacin as a 400-mg loading dose followed by 200 mg once daily doses for a total of 10 days. One hundred ninety-eight patients were clinically evaluable and 82 were also bacteriologically evaluable. All treated patients were included in the safety analysis. Overall success was determined based on clinical success (resolution or reduction of signs and symptoms and sinus x-rays) and bacteriologic success (eradication and presumed eradication of baseline pathogens obtained by maxillary sinus puncture and aspiration).RESULTS:
Overall success in the bacteriologically evaluable population at test-of-cure was 91.5% [75/82; 95% confidence interval (85.4%, 97.5%)]. For all pathogens, the eradication rate was 93.2% (109/117 baseline pathogens); individual pathogen eradication rates were 88.9% (16/18) for S. pneumoniae (including those strains exhibiting decreased susceptibility to penicillin); and 100% for H. influenzae (17/17), S. aureus (14/14), and M. catarrhalis (11/11). The majority of adverse events were of mild or moderate severity; the most frequently related adverse events were photosensitivity reaction, headache, nausea, and diarrhea.CONCLUSION:
Sparfloxacin had an overall success rate of 91.5% for patients in this study and was generally well tolerated in the treatment of acute bacterial maxillary sinusitis.
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01-internacional
Contexto em Saúde:
3_ND
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Infecções Bacterianas
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Sinusite Maxilar
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Fluoroquinolonas
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Anti-Infecciosos
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol
Ano de publicação:
2000
Tipo de documento:
Article