Sitafloxacin 1.5Hydrate (DU6859a)

Description: Sitafloxacin 1.5Hydrate (DU-6859a), a new-generation, broad-spectrum and oral fluoroquinolone class of antibiotic, is highly active against many Gram-positive, Gram-negative and anaerobic clinical isolates, including strains resistant to other fluoroquinolones, was recently approved in Japan for the treatment of respiratory and urinary tract infections. In terms of clinical efficacy, oral sitafloxacin was noninferior to oral levofloxacin in the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia or an infectious exacerbation of chronic respiratory tract disease, noninferior to oral tosufloxacin in the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia, and noninferior to oral levofloxacin in the treatment of complicated urinary tract infections, according to the results of randomized, double-blind, multicentre, noninferiority trials. Noncomparative studies demonstrated the efficacy of oral sitafloxacin in otorhinolaryngological infections, urethritis in men, C. trachomatis-associated cervicitis in women and odontogenic infections.

References: Drugs Today (Barc). 2008 Jul; 44(7):489-501; Drugs. 2011 Apr 16; 71(6):731-44.

Related CAS #: 163253-35-8 (1.5 hdyrate) 127254-12-0 (anhydrous) 163253-37-0 (hydrate)