[Clinical study of ofloxacin (OFLX) on urinary tract infections]

Fifty-three patients with urinary tract infections (UTI) were treated with Ofloxacin, a new oral synthetic antimicrobial agent, and its clinical efficacy was studied. Ofloxacin (600 mg/day) was administered to 35 patients with acute simple cystitis for more than three days, and to 17 patients with complicated UTI for more than five days except a case in which the treatment was interrupted for side effects. Acute simple cystitis: In ten cases meeting the criteria of UTI committee, overall effectiveness rate was 100%. All of the 26 strains isolated from 26 patients disappeared after the treatment. In all of acute simple cystitis cases, 94.3% were evaluated as excellent or as moderate by attending doctors. Complicated UTI: In 11 cases treated during five or seven days, 63.6% of patients showed improvement on pyuria. Seven out of nine strains isolated from seven patients disappeared. However, two strains of P. aeruginosa and P. cepacia persisted after the treatment. In all of the complicated UTI cases, 38.9% of patients were evaluated as excellent or as moderate by attending doctors. Some slight side effects were observed in four out of 53 cases. This study showed that Ofloxacin is effective against urinary tract infections.