Coadministration of oral levofloxacin with agents that impair absorption: impact on antibiotic resistance. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Coadministration of oral divalent or trivalent cation-containing compounds with oral fluoroquinolones may impair fluoroquinolone absorption. Among 3,134 patients who received a course of oral levofloxacin, coadministration was significantly associated with subsequent identification of a levofloxacin-resistant isolate. Strategies to curb the emergence of fluoroquinolone resistance should include avoiding the coadministration of divalent or trivalent cation-containing compounds and fluoroquinolone.

publication date

  • October 1, 2008

Research

keywords

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Cations
  • Cations, Divalent
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Levofloxacin
  • Ofloxacin

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 53549132504

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1086/590666

PubMed ID

  • 18808343

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 29

issue

  • 10