title: Prevention of urinary tract infection and bacteremia following transurethral surgery: oral lomefloxacin compared to parenteral cefotaxime.
abstract: A multicenter, randomized, open label study compared the safety and efficacy of a single dose of oral lomefloxacin, a broad-spectrum antimicrobial agent of the quinolone class, to a single parenteral dose of cefotaxime, a third generation cephalosporin, for prophylaxis in transurethral surgery. Of the 230 patients initially recruited 182 were considered evaluable: 92 in the lomefloxacin group and 90 in the cefotaxime group. Both study groups were well balanced with respect to demographics and transurethral procedures. Efficacy and safety were evaluated with urine cultures, clinical laboratory evaluations and monitoring of adverse events. The success rate among the lomefloxacin patients was 98% versus 94% in the cefotaxime patients. The difference was not statistically significant. Adverse events, regardless of attributability, were reported by 16% of the lomefloxacin patients and 17% of the cefotaxime patients, respectively. Our results indicate efficacy and safety profiles of lomefloxacin equivalent to cefotaxime. Lomefloxacin has the economic advantage of an oral route of administration compared to the parenteral route of cefotaxime for prophylaxis in transurethral genitourinary procedures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterans Affairs, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver.
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Crawford
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Donohue
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000328:Adult; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002439:Cefotaxime / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D052776:Female Urogenital Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D008297:Male; D052801:Male Urogenital Diseases; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011292:Premedication; D015363:Quinolones / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014521:Urethra; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D015363:Quinolones; C053091:lomefloxacin; D002439:Cefotaxime