Penetration of moxifloxacin into the human pancreas following a single intravenous or oral dose
Author(s) -
R. Wacke,
Stefan Förster,
Ulrich Adam,
Ralf G. Mundkowski,
E. Klar,
UT Hopt,
Bernd Drewelow
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/dkl353
Subject(s) - moxifloxacin , medicine , penetration (warfare) , pathogenic organism , pharmacology , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , operations research , engineering
Failure to prevent secondary infectious complications in acute necrotizing pancreatitis (ANP) is attributable in part to the limited penetration of antimicrobial drugs. As newer quinolones are particularly attractive owing to their antimicrobial activity, for the first time we studied the penetration of moxifloxacin into pancreatic tissue in patients.
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