Efficacy and Safety of Nemonoxacin in Outpatients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Abstract
PURPOSE: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of 500 mg of nemonoxacin administered orally once daily to outpatients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Patients with CAP who received nemonoxacin monotherapy were selected from outpatients who visited the Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine of Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University between July and December 2018. Their characteristics, pneumonia-related symptoms, treatment effects, and adverse reactions were recorded. RESULTS: In total, 337 patients with CAP were administered 500 mg of nemonoxacin orally once daily for 8.24 ± 3.73 days. Fourteen patients were lost during the follow-up period. At the end of the follow-up period, information on 323 patients (132 males and 191 females) with a median age of 52 (P25, P75: 34, 61) years was collected. On the basis of CRB-65 scores, 273 and 50 cases were classified to have low and intermediate risks, respectively. After 3 days of treatment, the symptom improvement rate was 61.3% (198 patients). Improved symptoms or cures were evident in 98.14% (317 patients) of the patients after treatment was completed. Five (1.55%) patients were hospitalized for poor treatment efficacy, and one (0.31%) patient was diagnosed with lung cancer despite improved symptoms. During oral therapy, there were three cases of skin and three cases of gastrointestinal adverse events, an incidence of 1.86%. Based on subsequent re-examinations and telephonic…
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