YAO Yunqing, et al. A randomized comparative study on the effect of gatifloxacin and ciprofloxacin therapy in urinary tract and genital bacterial infections. [J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University (2):191-193(2004)
YAO Yunqing, et al. A randomized comparative study on the effect of gatifloxacin and ciprofloxacin therapy in urinary tract and genital bacterial infections. [J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University (2):191-193(2004) DOI: 10.13406/j.cnki.cyxb.2004.02.021.
A randomized comparative study on the effect of gatifloxacin and ciprofloxacin therapy in urinary tract and genital bacterial infections
Objective:To evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of gatifloxacin in the treatment of urinary tract and genital bacterial infections.Methods:24 patients in study group were treated with 200 mg of gatifloxacin orally ql2hr
and 20 patients in control group were administered with 250 mg of ciprofloxacin orally q8hr for 7 days to 14 days.Results:The cure rate and the effective rate of the two groups were 87.5%
70.0% ( P >0.05) and 100.0%
90.0% ( P >0.05)
respectively.The bacterial positive and eradication rates of the two groups were 87.5%?80.0% ( P >0.05) and 100.0%?87.5% ( P >0.05)
respectively.Sensitivity rate of 37 bacterial strains to gatifloxacin
ciprofloxacin
levofloxacin
sipafloxacin
cefataxime and penicillin(for gonococcus) were 100.0%
86.5%
94.6%
76.5%
91.9%
100.0%
respectively.Adverse events were generally mild
and adverse events rates of the two groups were 8.3% and 5.0%
respectively.Conclusion:Gatifloxacin is an highly effective and well tolerated antibacterial agent for the treatment of urinary tract and genital bacterial infections.