Treatment of osteo-articular infections with ofloxacin. Preliminary study
Brouqui, P.; Aubaniac, J.M.; Curvale, G.; Groulier, P.; Raoult, D.
Pathologie-Biologie 37(5): 468-471
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0369-8114 PMID: 2780103 Document Number: 334319
Twenty-three patients with osteoarthritis were treated by ofloxacin. Antibiotic association was used for 22 patients. Five patients have had osteomyelitis without foreign material. Four of them recovered. Seventeen patients carried foreign material. Evaluation are in progress for 5 of them. In the 12 remaining patients, 8 recovered at a mean duration follow-up of 6 months. One patient have had arthralgia that may be attributable to the treatment. The mean duration of treatment was 6 months for the foreign material group of patient, and 3 for the other.