Ciprofloxacin in the Treatment of Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease(COPD)

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Authors: J. Musil ¹; A. Bortlová ²; S. Gawliková ³; A. Popelková ⁴; J. Roubec ⁵; B. Šťastný ⁶; P. Zatloukal ⁷
Authors‘ workplace: Subkatedra TRN IPVZ, Praha, vedoucí odb. as. MUDr. P. Zatloukal, CSc. 21. klinika TRN 1. LF UK, Praha, přednosta doc. MUDr. J. Homolka, CSc. 3OLÚ TRN Jablunkov, přednostka MUDr. S. Gawliková Ambulantní centrum pro choroby plicní S. D. I., s. r. o., Praha, ¹
Published in: Prakt. Lék. 1999; (6): 337-339
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Overview

The authors treated in an open prospective study 134 patients with exacerbation of chronicobstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with ciprofloxacin, 2x 250 mg, for a period of 10 says.131 patients (98 %) completed the trial, 3 (2 %) were eliminated. Treatment had a clinical effectin 127 (95 %). Sixty-six (49 %) patients were cured, 61 (46 %) improved, treatment failed in 5(4.3 %), treatment could not be evaluated in one patient (0.7 %). Undesirable effects wererecorded in 8 (6 %).The authors confirmed that ciprofloxacin is an effective and safe drug for exacerbations ofCOPD.

Key words:
ciprofloxacin - exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

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