[Clinical and laboratory assessment of therapeutic efficacy of maxaquin in treatment of chlamydial conjunctivitis].
Maxaquin (lomefloxacin), a new fluoroquinolone antibiotic, was used in combined therapy of chlamydial conjunctivitis. The results of treatment of 72 patients were assessed by the clinical manifestations and the laboratory time course of Chlamydia trachomatis antigen in smears from the conjunctiva, detected by enzyme immunoassay. Clinical and laboratory findings proved the high efficacy of the drug and its advantages over traditional therapy and other fluoroquinolones.
Maĭchuk
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NII of Eye Diseases of Gelmgolts, Moscow.
Andzhelov
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Vakhova
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Krichevskaia
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D000284:Administration, Oral; D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000276:immunology; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000382:microbiology; D003235:Conjunctivitis, Inclusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008297:Male; D015363:Quinolones / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D015363:Quinolones; C053091:lomefloxacin
Kliniko-laboratornaia otsenka terapevticheskoĭ effektivnosti preparata maksakvin v lechenii khlamidiĭnykh koniunktivitov.