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Levofloxacin, sold
under the
brand name
Levaquin among others, is a broad-spectrum
antibiotic of the
fluoroquinolone drug class. It is the left-handed...
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ongoing safety concerns. In a
study comparing the
safety and
efficacy of
levofloxacin to that of
azithromycin or
ceftriaxone in 712
children with community-acquired...
- Dexamethasone/
levofloxacin, sold
under the
brand name Levodexa, is a fixed-dose
combination medication used for the
prevention and
treatment of inflammation...
-
Achilles tendon rupture in
patients treated with
ciprofloxacin or
levofloxacin has been
estimated at 17 per 100,000 treatments. Risk is substantially...
- treatment. A high
dosage of
levofloxacin for 2 or 3 w****s has been
shown to be
clinically inferior to a
standard dosage of
levofloxacin for 4 w****s. Microbiological...
- at the same time.
Fluoroquinolone antibiotics such as moxifloxacin,
levofloxacin, and
ciprofloxacin should also be
avoided due to an
increased serum concentration...
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Current treatments of
choice are the
respiratory tract quinolones (
levofloxacin, moxifloxacin, gemifloxacin) or
newer macrolides (azithromycin, clarithromycin...
- and the
fluoroquinolone class of
antibiotics (such as ciprofloxacin,
levofloxacin, moxifloxacin)),
traumatic injury, ischemia,
radiation therapy, excessive...
- Imipenem/cilastatin/relebactam Others: Fluoroquinolones:
particularly levofloxacin,
ciprofloxacin Polymyxins: Colistin,
Polymyxin B
Aztreonam (monobactam)...
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typically given for
three to five days, but
single doses of
azithromycin or
levofloxacin have been used.
Rifaximin and
rifamycin are
approved in the U.S. for...
