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Moxifloxacin prophylaxis in neutropenic patients
Author(s) -
Heike von Baum,
Anja Sigge,
Martin Bommer,
Winfried V. Kern,
R. Marre,
Hartmut Döhner,
P. Kern,
Stefan Reuter
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkl320
Subject(s) - moxifloxacin , levofloxacin , medicine , neutropenia , incidence (geometry) , observational study , antibiotics , bacteremia , intensive care medicine , chemotherapy , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , physics , optics
Recent studies have shown a beneficial impact of fluoroquinolones on infection-related morbidity and mortality for patients with haematological malignancies during neutropenia. Among the fluoroquinolones moxifloxacin currently provides one of the broadest spectra of antibacterial activity and may be suitable for prophylaxis during neutropenia.

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