April 30. 2010

• An American study shows that levofloxacin is not associated with C. difficile-associated diarrhea
• Absence of an interaction between levofloxacin and omeprazole

April 23. 2010

• A new Japanese study shows that high-dose fluoroquinolones are an effective treatment for acute uncomplicated cystitis
• Ofloxacin shown to be very active against ESBL-producing K. pneumoniae in Iran
• M. catarrhalis isolated from Australian children susceptible to levofloxacin

April 16. 2010

• Levofloxacin exhibits synergy with doripenem against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumanii
• A splenic abscess due to Salmonella responds to levofloxacin and ceftriaxone

April 9. 2010

• A wild-type MIC distribution study shows best results for levofloxacin

April 2. 2010

• S. pneumoniae isolates in Tohoku remain very susceptible to fluoroquinolones
• First report of the successful treatment of Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens infection with levofloxacin

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