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Levofloxacin

Health Encyclopedia: Swimming Pool Granuloma

Alternative Names

Aquarium granuloma


Treatment

Oral antibiotics are needed to clear this infection. Choices include minocycline, Bactrim, clarithromycin, and levofloxacin. Several months of treatment are often required.


Support Groups


Expectations (prognosis)

Swimming pool granulomas can usually be treated completely with antibiotics.


Complications

Occasionally, joint or bone infections occur. Patients with defective immune sy...

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Health Guide

Legionnaire's disease
...for confirmation by culture results. The antibiotics commonly used are quinolones (ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, moxifloxacin, or gatifloxacin) ormacrolides (azithromycin, clarithromycin, or... Read more »
Cystitis: acute bacterial
...as trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim) Amoxicillin Cephalosporins Ciprofloxacin or levofloxacin Doxycycline Another medication called Pyridium may be used to reduce the... Read more »
Atypical pneumonia
...include -- erythromycin, azithromycin, clarithromycin, fluoroquinolones and their derivatives (such as levofloxacin), and tetracyclines (such as doxycycline). Support Groups ... Read more »
Peptic Ulcers: References
...practice? An open-label, randomized, pilot study of 4 and 7-day triple therapy with rabeprazole, high-dose levofloxacin, a tinidazole. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2006;40(6):515-520.Gisbert JP, Pajares... Read more »
Pneumonia: Medications
...clarithromycin, or azithromycin) or ketolides (telithromycin), or newer quinolones. Such quinolones include levofloxacin (Levaquin), gatifloxacin (Tequin), gemifloxacin (Factive), and moxifloxacin... Read more »

Medications

Tev22100_49819_5

...antibiotics (e.g., quinolones such as ciprofloxacin/levofloxacin/ofloxacin, tetracyclines) ... Read more »

A0388790_114291_5

... natalizumab quinolones (e.g., ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin) bupropion aldesleukin ... Read more »

Wkp01751_118887_5

...mifepristone quinolone antibiotics (e.g., ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin) large doses of... Read more »

Nch03430_88426_5

...strontium, and quinolone antibiotics (e.g., ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin). Therefore, separate... Read more »

A091542y_110477_5

...mifepristone quinolone antibiotics (e.g., ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin) bupropion ... Read more »

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