title: [Therapy of urinary tract infections. Clinical experience comparing norfloxacin to other quinolones].
abstract: The paper examines to treatment of 40 cases of urinary infections and compares the efficacy of pipemidic acid, norfloxacin, cinoxacin and ofloxacin. All these compounds demonstrated a good level of therapeutic efficacy, both in terms of management and effectiveness; in particular, norfloxacin and ofloxacin were preferable to the other compounds since they caused fewer side-effects.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Urologia Ginecologica, Università degli Studi La Sapienza, Roma.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fischetti
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stillitani
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Michetti
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Massa
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mastroberardino
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002937:Cinoxacin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009643:Norfloxacin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015242:Ofloxacin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010876:Pipemidic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D015242:Ofloxacin; D002937:Cinoxacin; D010876:Pipemidic Acid; D009643:Norfloxacin
vernacular_title: Terapia delle infezioni del tratto urinario. Esperienza clinica di confronto tra la norfloxacina ed altri chinolonici.