Infeksi Luka Operasi (ILO) adalah salah satu komplikasi pembedahan yang paling umum terjadi di dunia, terutama di negara berkembang. Penggunaan antibiotik profilaksis sebelum operasi yang tepat dapat mengurangi ILO. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui profil penggunaan antibiotik dan kesesuaian penggunaan antibiotik pada seksio sesarea dengan peta kuman rumah sakit, Pedoman Penggunaan Ant…
Multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhi (resistant to ampicillin, chloramphenicol and cotrimoxazole), was significantly reduced with the increased usage of fluoroquinolones and azithromycin. This has led to declining multidrug resistance rates in Indiawith increasing ciprofloxacin nonsusceptibility rates and clinical failures due to azithromycin. However, for the …
The pharmacokinetics of once-daily oral levofloxacin (study A) or intravenous levofloxacin (study B) in 40 healthy male volunteers were investigated in two separate randomized, double-blind, parallel-design, placebocontrolled studies. Levofloxacin at 500 mg or placebo was administered orally or intravenously as a single dose on day 1; daily oral or intravenous dosing resumed on days 4 to 10. I…
Five hundred ninety patients were enrolled in a prospective, multicenter, randomized trial comparing the efficacy and safety of 7 to 14 days of levofloxacin treatment with that of ceftriaxone and/or cefuroxime axetil in the management of community-acquired pneumonia in adults. Patients received either intravenous and/or oral levofloxacin (500 mg once daily) or the comparative agents, parentera…
In an open, randomized, six-period crossover study, the pharmacokinetics of ciprofloxacin, gatifloxacin, grepafloxacin, levofloxacin, moxifloxacin, and trovafloxacin were compared after a single oral dose in 12 healthy volunteers (6 men and 6 women). The volunteers received 250 mg of ciprofloxacin, 400 mg of gatifloxacin, 600 mg of grepafloxacin, 500 mg of levofloxacin, 400 mg of moxifloxacin,…
Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengetahui apakah bioavailabilitas tablet levofloksasin 500 mg yang diproduksi oleh PT. Dexa Medica (Volequin) sebanding dengan bioavailabilitas produk pembanding. Parameter farmakokinetik yang dinilai dalam studi ini ialah kadar puncak (Cmax), waktu untuk mencapai kadar puncak (tmax), waktu paruh eliminasi (t1/2), luas daerah di bawah kur…