MerLion Pharmaceuticals GmbH, Robert-Rössle Strasse 10, Berlin, Germany.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2011 Sep;55(9):4394-7. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00833-10. Epub 2011 Jun 27.
Finafloxacin is a novel fluoroquinolone that exhibits enhanced antibacterial activity under acidic conditions. The aim of this study was to define the in vitro pH-activity relationship. Finafloxacin exhibited optimal antibacterial activity between pH 5.0 and 6.0 at which MICs were 4- to 8-fold lower than those determined at neutral pH. These observations were then confirmed against a larger collection of bacteria. These data suggest that finafloxacin could potentially offer a therapeutic advantage within acidic foci of infection.
菲那沙星是一种新型氟喹诺酮类药物,在酸性条件下表现出增强的抗菌活性。本研究旨在确定体外 pH-活性关系。菲那沙星在 pH5.0 到 6.0 之间表现出最佳的抗菌活性,此时 MIC 比在中性 pH 时低 4 到 8 倍。这些观察结果随后在更大的细菌集合中得到了证实。这些数据表明,菲那沙星在感染的酸性病灶内可能具有潜在的治疗优势。