[Treatment of osteo-articular infections with ofloxacin. Preliminary study].
Twenty-three patients with osteoarthritis were treated by ofloxacin. Antibiotic association was used for 22 patients. Five patients have had osteomyelitis without foreign material. Four of them recovered. Seventeen patients carried foreign material. Evaluation are in progress for 5 of them. In the 12 remaining patients, 8 recovered at a mean duration follow-up of 6 months. One patient have had arthralgia that may be attributable to the treatment. The mean duration of treatment was 6 months for the foreign material group of patient, and 3 for the other.
Clinique des Maladies Infectieuses, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire La Conception, Marseille.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007595:Joint Prosthesis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015242:Ofloxacin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010000:Osteitis / Q000188:drug therapy*
D015242:Ofloxacin
Traitement des infections ostéo-articulaires par l'ofloxacine. Etude préliminaire.