October 30. 2006

• Levofloxacin can be used as a non-hepatotoxic drug for the treatment of tuberculosis
• Canadian study describes gatifloxacin-induced dysglycemia in 13 patients

October 23. 2006

• Third-line rescue therapy with levofloxacin is more effective than rifabutin in the treatment of H. pylori infection

October 16. 2006

• High-dose levofloxacin is effective in experimental foreign-body infection by methicillin-susceptible S. aureus
• Levofloxacin 500 mg and 750 mg have similar adverse event profiles for the treatment of respiratory infections

October 10. 2006

• A new Russian study shows that a levofloxacin combination is more effective for treating patients with recurrent pulmonary TB
• Turkish study shows S. pneumoniae resistance very low for levofloxacin

October 2. 2006

• Levofloxacin is safer and more effective than amoxicillin/clavulanate for the treatment of patients with severe acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis
• Patients on warfarin and taking gatifloxacin may be at higher risk of an INR than patients on levofloxacin

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