title: Single daily-dose ofloxacin monotherapy for Mycobacterium fortuitum sternotomy infection.
abstract: Infection of sternotomy wounds due to Mycobacterium fortuitum-chelonei complex postoperatively was noted in ten patients in 1987 and six patients in 1988 in our hospital. The first ten patients were treated with a combination of ofloxacin and amikacin, successfully in nine. In the six later patients, five had M fortuitum infection and one had M chelonei infection. In those five we used single daily-dose ofloxacin, 600 mg, in three with rapid clinical response and bacteriologic cure. The MIC of ofloxacin for these three isolates ranged from 0.32 mg/L to 1.25 mg/L, and peak serum level of ofloxacin assessed by high-performance liquid chromatography ranged from 4.1 mg/L to 8.0 mg/L. Monotherapy with ofloxacin is recommended for M fortuitum infection of wound and soft tissue, with in vitro susceptibility studies as a guide, pending further reinforcing clinical evidence.
authors: Tuberculosis and Chest Unit, Grantham Hospital, Hong Kong.
authors: W W
authors: WW
authors: Yew
authors: S Y
authors: SY
authors: Kwan
authors: W K
authors: WK
authors: Ma
authors: M A
authors: MA
authors: Khin
authors: C K
authors: CK
authors: Mok
mesh_terms: D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000188:drug therapy*; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / Q000187:drug effects; D015242:Ofloxacin / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D015242:Ofloxacin