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The efficacy of oral ciprofloxacin treatment in patients with spontaneous ascites infections

Spontan assit infeksiyonlu hastalarda oral siprofloksasin tedavisinin etkinliği

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Oral ciprofloxacin use for spontaneous ascites infections is quite effective in patients without serious cirrhotic complication and who will be able to adapt regularly to the treatment schedule without hospitalization.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Quinolones have become promising antibiotics in the treatment of spontaneous ascites infections due to their high affinities to the enterobacteriacea family, the ability to concentrate in high levels in ascitic fluid even after taking oral single dose and their low cost.
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Key Findings & Data:Fourteen patients (3 females and 11 males, mean age 48.8 ± 8.6) with various etiologies were included in the study.
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Conclusion & Impact:Oral ciprofloxacin use for spontaneous ascites infections is quite effective in patients without serious cirrhotic complication and who will be able to adapt regularly to the treatment schedule without hospitalization.
🔬Design:Research Article
📍Scope:Comprehensive Sample
⚙️Variables:Siprofloksazin · Fibroz · Karaciğer sirozu

Abstract

Quinolones have become promising antibiotics in the treatment of spontaneous ascites infections due to their high affinities to the enterobacteriacea family, the ability to concentrate in high levels in ascitic fluid even after taking oral single dose and their low cost. In this study, we investigated the efficacy of oral ciprofloxacin use in the treatment of spontaneous ascites infections. Fourteen patients (3 females and 11 males, mean age 48.8 ± 8.6) with various etiologies were included in the study. Ciprofloxacin tablet (500 mg bid) was given for 7 days to these patients with polimorphonuclear leukocyte (PMNL) count 3250/mm3 and/or positive culture for ascitic fluid. Polimorphonuclear leukocyte count in the ascitic fluid and culture were repeated on the 3th and 8th day of the treatment. Treatment was accepted unsuccessful in case of insufficient decrease in PMNL count to less than 50% of the basic value in ascitic fluid and continuation of culture positivity on the third day, PMNL count >250/mm3 after the 7th day of the treatment, determination of superinfection. Out of the patients, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in 6 (43%), monobacterial nonneutrocytic bacterascites in 1 (7%) and culture negative neutrocytic ascites in 7 (50%) were defined. Treatment was accepted unsuccessful in 2 patients and a different antibiotic was started. The treatment was successful in the remaining 12 patients (86%). We didn't encounter any complication related to ciprofloxacin. Oral ciprofloxacin use for spontaneous ascites infections is quite effective in patients without serious cirrhotic complication and who will be able to adapt regularly to the treatment schedule without hospitalization.

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Kinolon grubu antibiyotikler, spontan assit infeksiyonlarının tedavisinde, Enterobacteriaceae ailesine olan yüksek afiniteleri ve tek doz oral alımından sonra dahi assit sıvısında yüksek konsantrasyonlara ulaşabilmeleri ve düşük maliyetleri nedeniyle umut verici antibiyotikler haline gelmişlerdir. Çalışmada, spontan assit infeksiyonunun tedavisinde oral siprofloksasin kullanımının etkinliği araştırdık. Çalışmaya değişik etyolojilere sahip, 14 hasta (3 kadın ve 11 erkek, ortalama yaş 48.8 ± 8.6) alındı. Assit sıvısında, polimorfonükleer tökosit (PMNL) sayısı 3250/mm3 olan ve/veya assit sıvısı kültüründe üreme olan hastalara siprofloksasin tablet (500 mg günde 2 kez) 7 gün süreyle verildi. Assit sıvısından, tedavinin 3. ve 8. gününde PMNL sayımı ve kültür yapıldı. Süperinfeksiyonun görülmesi, tedavinin 7. gününden sonra PMNL sayısının >250/mm3 olması, 3. gün kültür pozitifliğinin devam etmesi, ya da assit sıvısındaki PMNL sayısının bazal seviyesinin %50'sinin altına inmemesi durumunda, tedavi başarısız olarak kabul edildi. Hastaların 6'sında (%43) spontan bakteriyel peritonit, 1 tanesinde (%7) monobakteriyel nonnötrositik bak-terassit, 7'sinde (%50) kültür negatif nötrositik assit saptandı, iki hastada tedavi başarısız oldu ve başka bir antibiyotik başlandı. Oniki hastada (%86) tedavi başarılı idi. Siprofloksasin'e ait bir komplikasyona rastlanmadı. Spontan assit infeksiyonlarında, ciddi sirotik komplikasyonu olmayan hastalarda ve hastaneye yatırmaksızın tedavi şemasına uyum sağlayabilecek hastalarda oral siprofloksasin kullanımı oldukça etkindir.

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AYTA, H., BAĞCI, S., TÜZÜN, A., ATEŞ, Y., YEŞİLOVA, Z., ERDİL, A., KILIÇ, A., KARAEREN, N., DAĞALP, K. (2004). The efficacy of oral ciprofloxacin treatment in patients with spontaneous ascites infections. Gülhane Tıp Dergisi, Cilt: 46 - Sayı: 2, 89–92. https://ajindex.com/articles/225705

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