Therapy (TB)

Mexofloxacin May Be Useful Against TB

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, October 25th, 1999

The 8-methoxyguinolone compound mexofloxacin may have promise against tuberculosis.

Moxifloxacin has been shown to have activity against a wide range of bacteria.

Researcher S.H. Gillespie and colleagues from London's Royal Free and University Medical School tested its activity in comparison with four other quinolones and isoniazid against clinical isolates of mycobacteria.

"It proved to be the most active of the quinolones tested against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MIC90 0.25 mg/L), M. avium-intracellulare (MIC90 1.0 mg/L), M. kansasii (MIC90 0.06 mg/L), and M. fortuitum (MIC90 1 mg/L)," Gillespie et...

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