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Meta-analysis on Effectiveness and Safety of Moxifloxacin in Treatment of Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis in Adults

Guan Y, Liu Y

Medicine, 2020

1,447 participants · 5 citations

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Moxifloxacin, a fourth generation fluoroquinolone, which has good antibacterial activity against both Gram-positive cocci and Gram-negative bacteria. To date, there are no meta-analysis to evaluate the efficacy and safety of moxifloxacin for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) treatment. This meta-analysis to explore the efficacy and safety of the moxifloxacin in treatment of MDR-TB in adults.

METHODS: Databases of PubMed, Embase, Embase, Ovid, and Google Scholar databases were investigated for eligible literatures from their establishments to August, 2019. Included studies were selected according to precise eligibility criteria: MDR-TB confirmed by the clinical diagnostic criteria (at least 2 or more first-line drugs resistant to isoniazid and rifampicin). Study design was limited to retrospective studies, randomized controlled trials, or prospective cohort studies; the control group was treated with other drugs or no moxifloxacin. Statistical analysis was performed by RevMan 5.3 software.

RESULTS: Eight studies with a total of 1447 patients were finally eligible for the final systematic review and meta-analysis. Moxifloxacin regimen was related to a significantly elevated treatment success rate compared with levofloxacin or conventional therapy regimen (OR = 1.94; 95% CI = 1.16-3.25, P = .01). No significant difference of sputum culture conversion rate (OR = 1.15; 95% CI = 0.82-1.60; P = 0.43) was found between 2 groups. In addition, there was no…

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