YAO Yunqing, et al. A randomized comparative study on the effect of gatifloxacin andciprofloxacin in the treatment of acute bacterial infections[J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University, 2004,(6):800-802.
YAO Yunqing, et al. A randomized comparative study on the effect of gatifloxacin andciprofloxacin in the treatment of acute bacterial infections[J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University, 2004,(6):800-802. DOI: 10.13406/j.cnki.cyxb.2004.06.029.
Objective:To evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of gatifloxacin in the treatment of mild and moderate bacterial infections of respiratory tract
urinary tract
genital tract
skin and soft tissues.Methods:115 patients in study group were treated with gatifloxacin 200mg taken orally q12h
and 108 patients in control group were treated with ciprofloxacin 250mg taken orally q8h for 7days to 14 days.Results:The total cure rates of study group and control group were 90.4% and 77.8%( P <0.01)
respectively.The bacterial positive of study group and control group were 89.6%(103/115) and 86.1%(93/108)( P >0.05)
respectively.The bacterial eradication rates of the two groups were 97.1% and 89.2%( P <0.05)
respectively.Sensitivity rates of 196 bacterial strains to gatifloxacin
ciprofloxacin
levofloxacin
sipafloxacin
cefataxime and penicillin(for gonococcus) were 100%
94.9%
96.9%
89.8%
87.8%
100%
respectively.The differences in bacterial sensitivity rates between gatifloxacin and ciprofloxacin
levofloxacin
sipafloxacin
cefataxime were significant ( P <0.05).Adverse events were generally mild
and adverse events rates of the two groups were 13.8% and 13.9%( P >0.05)
respectively.Conclusion:Gatifloxacin is a highly effective and well tolerated antibacterial agent for treatment of acute bacterial infections of respiratory tract