Acute Pyelonephritis

New findings from J. Peterson and co-authors in the area of acute pyelonephritis published

Published in OBGYN and Reproduction Week, March 31st, 2008

"A clinical study was conducted to compare the efficacy and safety of levofloxacin 750 mg once daily for 5 days to ciprofloxacin twice daily for 10 days for the treatment of complicated urinary tract infections (cUTI) or acute pyelonephritis (AP). A multicenter, double-blind, randomized, noninferiority study enrolled subjects with AP or cUTI," scientists in the United States report.

"Subjects received either levofloxacin 750 mg intravenously or orally once daily for 5 days or ciprofloxacin 400 mg intravenously and/or ciprofloxacin 500 mg orally twice daily for 10 days and were evaluated at end of therapy, posttherapy, and poststudy for microbiologic eradication and...

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Source: OBGYN and Reproduction Week (2008-03-31)

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