• Presse Med · Jun 2002

    [Update on the role of levofloxacin in the management of acute community-acquired pneumonia].

    • Jean-Pierre Bru.
    • Service d'Infectiologie, Centre Hospitalier, 74000 Annecy.
    • Presse Med. 2002 Jun 15;31(21 Pt 2):S19-22.

    AbstractTHE EFFICACY OF LEVOFLOXACIN: In treating community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) has been assessed during 5 large clinical trials (including 4 controlled randomized trials). 1067 PATIENTS HAVE BEEN TREATED BY LEVOFLOXACIN: And 645 by a comparator. Success rates were identical between levofloxacin and comparator ranging from 70.6% to 84.2% for levofloxacin treated patients, and from 75% to 85.7% for comparators treated patients. 549 PRESUMED OR PROVED PNEUMOCOCCAL PNEUMONIA: Have been treated by levofloxacin with a success rate ranging from 83% to 100%, and 379 have been treated by a comparator with a success rate ranging from 90% to 95%. Success rates for the 310 pneumococcal-documented infections, including 96 bacteraemia, were identical between levofloxacin and comparator. The severity of the patients ranged between studies from moderate to severe. PROOFS COMING FROM THOSE CLINICAL TRIALS: Show the efficiency of levofloxacin in the treatment of moderate to severe community acquired pneumonia in adults, and in the treatment of presumed or proved pneumonia, with or without bacteraemia.

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