New Polish study confirms levofloxacin is effective in CAP patients who have not responded to other antibiotics

A study carried out by researchers in Warsaw, Poland, have shown that levofloxacin is both a safe and effective treatment of community-acquired pneumonia for patients who have failed to respond to other antibiotics.

The group investigated consisted of 11 males and 14 females with an average age of 70 +/- 17.5 years. As out-patients, their CAP had failed to respond to a number of antibiotics and their condition was severe enough to warrant admission to hospital. There they were given i.v. levofloxacin 500 mg, twice a day, for 7 days. Complete regression of the CAP was obtained in 16 patients with partial regression in another 6. Adverse events were mild. The authors conclude that 500 mg levofloxacin, given i.v. twice a day for 7 days, is both a safe and effective treatment for patients who have failed to respond to other antibiotics.

PMID: 17175982

Pneumonol. Alergol. Pol. 2006;74(1):77-9.

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