Fluoroquinolones in the treatment of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans associated periodontitis

Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2000
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Zdroj: Journal of Periodontology. 71(2):202-208
ISSN: 0022-3492
Popis: Background: Periodontitis patients harboring Actinobacillus actinmycetemcomitans (Aa) are prime candidates for systemic antibiotic therapy. Besides tetracycline and the combination of metronidazole and amoxicillin the fluoroquinolones are also believed to have antibacterial activity against Aa. The aim of the present study was to evaluate systemic ofloxacin therapy as adjunct to flap surgery. Methods: Twenty-five adult periodontitis patients with subgingival detection of Aa were treated with 2x200mg/d ofloxacin for 5 days as adjunct to open flap surgery (test). Another 10 patients received only flap surgery (control). Probing depth (PD) and clinical attachment level (CAL) was recorded and subgingival plaque samples were cultivated on TSBV agar for detection of Aa at baseline as well as 3 and 12 months following therapy. Results: At 3 and 12 months following therapy mean PD at monitored sites in the test group changed from 6.8 mm (+/-1.3) to 3.6 mm (+/-1.0), 3.8 mm (+/-1.1) and CAL from 7.5 mm (+/-1.4) to 5.4 mm (+/-1.4), 5.5 mm (+/-1.3). In the control group PD changed from 6.5 mm (+/-0.7) to 4.0 mm (+/-1.7), 4.1 mm (+/-1.6) and CAL from 7.5 mm (+/-1.0) to 6.3 mm (+/-1.7), 6.4 mm (+/-1.8). P was Conclusions: Systemic ofloxacin as adjunct to open flap surgery is able to suppress A. actinomycetemcomitans below detectable level in patients harboring this organism at baseline.
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