Effect of chloroquine on the bioavailability of ciprofloxacin in humans.

Chloroquine, a front-line drug in the treatment of malaria, has developed widespread resistance, especially to the Plasmodium falciparum strains. Ciprofloxacin is a second-generation quinolone used as a broad-spectrum fluoroquinolone antibacterial agent. The possibility of using ciprofloxacin as an antimalarial, especially in chloroquine-resistant strains, is very promising.

Treatment of Gardnerella vaginalis infection.

This review of the antibiotic sensitivity pattern of Gardnerella vaginalis culture isolates shows that the drugs found sensitive to G. vaginalis cultures include the new antimicrobial agents- ciprofloxacin, cefuroxine and ceftazidine, and some older antibiotics- ceftriaxone, cloxacillin, erythromycin, chloramphenicol and metranidazole. Streptomycin and augmentin showed intermediate sensitivity while penicillin, ampicillin, tetracycline and gentamycin exhibited resistance to G.