Updated Review on Clinically-Relevant Properties of Delafloxacin
Abstract
The extensive use of fluoroquinolones has been consequently accompanied by the emergence of bacterial resistance, which triggers the necessity to discover new compounds. Delafloxacin is a brand-new anionic non-zwitterionic fluoroquinolone with some structural particularities that give it attractive proprieties: high activity under acidic conditions, greater in vitro activity against Gram-positive bacteria-even those showing resistance to currently-used fluoroquinolones-and nearly equivalent affinity for both type-II topoisomerases (i.e., DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IV). During phases II and III clinical trials, delafloxacin showed non-inferiority compared to standard-of-care therapy in the treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections and community-acquired bacterial pneumonia, which resulted in its approval in 2017 by the Food and Drug Administration for indications. Thanks to its overall good tolerance, its broad-spectrum in vitro activity, and its ease of use, it could represent a promising molecule for the treatment of bacterial infections.
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