Lomefloxacin. A review of its antibacterial activity, pharmacokinetic properties and therapeutic use.

The antibacterial efficacy of oral lomefloxacin has been investigated in a wide variety of infections, including respiratory and uncomplicated and complicated urinary tract infections, obstetric, gynaecological, joint, skin, oral, ear, nose, throat and eye infections. It has also been used as an otic solution in patients with otitis media and as an ophthalmic solution in the treatment of eye infections. In clinical trials its efficacy is equivalent to that of other quinolones and it is at least as effective as other antibacterial drugs ordinarily used in these infections. Lomefloxacin offers certain advantages compared with other quinolone antibacterial drugs in that it may be conveniently administered once daily and theophylline dosage adjustment does not appear to be necessary in patients receiving this bronchodilator concomitantly. Thus, orally administered lomefloxacin should prove a useful broad spectrum antibacterial drug for a wide variety of clinical infections.