[Comparative evaluation of norfloxacin and cinoxacin in the therapy of complicated infections of the urinary tract]

P Cristiano; G Morelli; F Simioli; M R Iovene; M Della Vittoria Scarpati; L Manguso

[Comparative evaluation of norfloxacin and cinoxacin in the therapy of complicated infections of the urinary tract]

Minerva Med. 1989 Apr;80(4):393-5.

[Article in Italian]

Authors

P Cristiano¹, G Morelli, F Simioli, M R Iovene, M Della Vittoria Scarpati, L Manguso

Affiliation

¹ Università degli Studi di Napoli, I Facoltà di Medicina, Istituto di Medicina Generale e Sistematica.

PMID: 2657499

Abstract

A randomized clinical study was conducted in order to compare the effectiveness of norfloxacin and cinoxacin in complicated urinary tract infections. Norfloxacin proved effective in 80% of the 40 patients treated, cinoxacin in only 60%.

Publication types

Clinical Trial
Comparative Study
English Abstract
Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

Bacteria / drug effects
Bacteria / isolation & purification
Bacteriuria / drug therapy
Bacteriuria / microbiology
Cinoxacin / pharmacology
Cinoxacin / therapeutic use*
Clinical Trials as Topic
Drug Tolerance
Female
Humans
Male
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Norfloxacin / pharmacology
Norfloxacin / therapeutic use*
Pyridazines / therapeutic use*
Random Allocation
Recurrence
Urinary Tract Infections / complications
Urinary Tract Infections / drug therapy*
Urinary Tract Infections / microbiology

Substances

Pyridazines
Cinoxacin
Norfloxacin