Comparison of efficacies of oral levofloxacin and oral ciprofloxacin in a rabbit model of a staphylococcal abscess.
Oral levofloxacin was compared to oral ciprofloxacin in a Staphylococcus aureus subcutaneous abscess model in rabbits. Rabbits were surgically prepared with subcutaneous wiffle balls (43 mm in diameter) and allowed to recover for 4 to 6 weeks. Rabbits were infected by direct injection into the capsule with S. aureus ATCC 29213 (5 x 10(5) CFU) and were allowed to remain infected for 8 days before the initiation of anti-infective treatment. Efficacy was determined by assessing the bacterial load within the capsule over a 10-day treatment period. In single-dose pharmacokinetic studies in infected rabbits, similar area under the concentration-time curve/MIC ratios were obtained in the plasma and abscess fluid for levofloxacin at 45 mg/kg of body weight and ciprofloxacin at 200 mg/kg of body weight. Similar efficacies were seen with levofloxacin at 45 mg/kg/day and ciprofloxacin 400 mg/kg/day by day 10. In this model, levofloxacin was significantly more efficacious than ciprofloxacin (P < 0.01).
R. W. Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Raritan, New Jersey 08869, USA. jfernand@prius.jnj.com
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D000038:Abscess / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D000818:Animals; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019540:Area Under Curve; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D064704:Levofloxacin; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D015242:Ofloxacin / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011817:Rabbits; D013207:Staphylococcal Skin Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D002939:Ciprofloxacin; D064704:Levofloxacin; D015242:Ofloxacin