Akcali Sinem, Surucuoglu Suheyla, Cicek Candan, Ozbakkaloglu Beril
From Celal Bayar University, Izmir, Turkey.
Ann Saudi Med. 2005 Sep-Oct;25(5):409-12. doi: 10.5144/0256-4947.2005.409.
The increasing incidence of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis necessitates therapeutic alternatives. The fluoroquinolones fulfill most of the criteria for an ideal class of antimycobacterial drugs. The aim of the present study was to determine to in vitro activities of ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, and levofloxacin against M. tuberculosis strains.
Susceptibility to four antituberculous drugs used in first-line treatment of tuberculosis was tested in 100 strains isolated from clinical samples. Nineteen strains (19%) were resistant to at least one of the four antituberculous drugs and 13 were multidrug resistant. The in vitro antimycobacterial activity of ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, and levofloxacin was then determined against 100 M. tuberculosis strains using standard agar proportion dilution method.
Ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, and levofloxacin were active against all tested strains of M. tuberculosis in vitro.
Ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, and levofloxacin have relatively potent in vitro activity against M. tuberculosis. Further in vivo studies are needed to determine the role of these compounds in the treatment of tuberculosis, but use should be limited to special circumstances rather than first-line treatment.
耐多药结核分枝杆菌发病率的上升使得有必要寻找替代治疗方法。氟喹诺酮类药物符合理想抗分枝杆菌药物类别的大部分标准。本研究的目的是确定环丙沙星、氧氟沙星和左氧氟沙星对结核分枝杆菌菌株的体外活性。
对从临床样本中分离出的100株菌株进行了用于结核病一线治疗的四种抗结核药物的敏感性测试。19株(19%)对四种抗结核药物中的至少一种耐药,13株为多重耐药。然后使用标准琼脂比例稀释法测定环丙沙星、氧氟沙星和左氧氟沙星对100株结核分枝杆菌菌株的体外抗分枝杆菌活性。
环丙沙星、氧氟沙星和左氧氟沙星在体外对所有测试的结核分枝杆菌菌株均有活性。
环丙沙星、氧氟沙星和左氧氟沙星对结核分枝杆菌具有相对较强的体外活性。需要进一步进行体内研究以确定这些化合物在结核病治疗中的作用,但使用应限于特殊情况而非一线治疗。