PURPOSE To assess the rates of infectious complications before and after the change of prophylactic antibiotic regimens in prostate needle biopsy. MATERIALS AND METHODS The records of 5,577 patients who underwent prostate needle biopsy at Asan Medical Center between August 2005 and July 2012 were retrospectively reviewed. Group 1 (n=1,743) included patients treated between 2005 and 2009 with ...

Fluoroquinolone resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis can be conferred by mutations in gyrA or gyrB. The prevalence of resistance mutations outside the quinolone resistance-determining region (QRDR) of gyrA or gyrB is unclear, since such regions are rarely sequenced. M. tuberculosis isolates from 1,111 patients with newly diagnosed culture-confirmed tuberculosis diagnosed in Tennessee from 2...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence rate of primary fluoroquinolone resistance in Helicobacter pylori isolates from Korean patients over the past 16 years. METHODS One hundred and thirty-five strains of H. pylori (34 strains in 1987, 36 in 1994 and 65 in 2003) were isolated from antral gastric mucosal biopsy specimens. The determination of MICs for the H. pylori isol...

The occurrence of fluoroquinolone antibiotics in wastewater has drawn great attention. Adsorption of widely used fluoroquinolone antibiotics (enrofloxacin and ofloxacin) in wastewater using bamboo biochar was investigated. More than 99% of fluoroquinolone antibiotics were removed from the synthetic wastewater through adsorption. Adsorption capacities of bamboo biochar slightly changed when pH i...

Food poisoning has been emerged as a worldwide health issue and related illness in both developed and developing countries confirms its significance as an important public health priority.In vitro antibacterialevaluationof nine fluoroquinolone derivatives against food borne bacteria including Gram-positive (Staphylococcus aureus) and Gram-negative (Salmonella enterica, Escherichia coli, Yersini...

IMPORTANCE Fluoroquinolones are the most commonly prescribed antibiotic class in the outpatient setting. Recent reports have implicated an association between oral fluoroquinolones and an increased risk of uveitis. OBJECTIVE To determine the hazard of uveitis with oral fluoroquinolone use. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS A retrospective cohort study was conducted using medical claims data...

*Corresponding author: Mailing address: National Veterinary Assay Laboratory, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 115-1 Tokura, Kokubunji, Tokyo 185-8511, Japan. Tel: +81-42321-1841, Fax: +81-42-321-1769, E-mail: [email protected] In Japan’s neighbor Taiwan, the occurrence and spread of fluoroquinolone-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Choleraesuis infection in human and pigs ...

When the lethal action of a C-8 methoxyl fluoroquinolone against clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in liquid medium was measured, the compound was found to be three to four times more effective (as determined by measuring the 90% lethal dose) than a C-8-H control fluoroquinolone or ciprofloxacin against cells having a wild-type gyrA (gyrase) gene. Against ciprofloxacin-resistant s...