OBJECTIVES To describe wild-type distributions of the MIC of fluoroquinolones for Mycobacterium tuberculosis in relation to current critical concentrations used for drug susceptibility testing and pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) data. METHODS A 96-stick replicator on Middlebrook 7H10 medium was used to define the MICs of ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, moxifloxacin and levofloxacin for 90 c...

The pharmacokinetics of ofloxacin were studied in 12 intensive care patients, 6 of whom were under controlled mechanical ventilation. All patients had a creatinine clearance of greater than 80 ml/min per 1.73 m2. They were given 3 mg of ofloxacin per kg of body weight intravenously at a constant flow rate in 30 min twice a day for 7 days. Pharmacokinetic studies were performed on days 1 and 7. ...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to assess the sensitivity, specificity and time to results of mycobacterial growth indicator tube (MGIT) 960, microscopic observation drug susceptibility (MODS) assay and nitrate reductase assay (NRA) compared with the gold standard agar proportion method (PM), and to determine whether there is cross-resistance between older-generation fluoroquinolones and m...

OBJECTIVES To investigate quinolone resistance mechanisms in an Escherichia coli clinical isolate (Ar2) resistant to ofloxacin but susceptible to nalidixic acid selected after 10 days of ofloxacin therapy in a patient with prostatitis. METHODS Molecular typing (ERIC-PCR and RAPD), antibiotic susceptibility and gyrA, gyrB, parC and parE QRDR sequences were compared for E. coli Ar2 and a wild-t...

A new method for the isolation and enrichment of ofloxacin enantiomers from fish samples was developed using magnetic molecularly imprinted polymers (MMIPs). These polymers can be easily collected and rapidly separated using an external magnetic field, and also exhibit a high specific recognition for ofloxacin enantiomers. The preparation of amino-functionalized MMIPs was carried out via suspen...

In a randomized crossover study, 16 volunteers (8 men, 8 women) received single oral doses of 320 mg of gemifloxacin and 400 mg of ofloxacin on two separate occasions in the fasting state to assess the urinary excretion and urinary bactericidal titers (UBTs) at intervals for up to 144 h. Ofloxacin showed higher concentrations in urine compared with those of gemifloxacin. The median (range) cumu...

The objective of this work was to develop and validate simple, rapid and accurate chromatographic methods for simultaneous determination of ofloxacin and ornidazole in solid dosage form. The first method was based on reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography, on Intersil C(18) column (250 mm, 4.6 i.d.), using acetonitrile:methanol: 0.025M phosphate buffer, pH 3.0 (30:10:60 % v/v/v) ...

The present study investigated safety/toxicity profile of fixed dose combination of Ofloxacin-Ornidazole injection in Mus musculus mice at three dose levels, ranging from asymptomatic to high dose. To enhance the antimicrobial spectrum of the quinolones against anaerobic organisms and gram positive bacteria, fixed dose combination of Ofloxacin and Ornidazole injection was introduced. It has bee...

Leprosy, a chronic granulomatous infectocontagious disease transmitted by Mycobacterium leprae, continues to be prevalent today, especially in underdeveloped countries and its paucibacillary form with a single lesion is being treated with rifampicin (600mg), ofloxacin (400mg) and minocycline (100mg) administered as a single dose (ROM scheme). Thus, the objective of the present study was to inve...