Abstract
Rfloxacin, gemifloxacin, levofloxacin and moxifloxacin were highly effective for urgent prophylaxis and treatment of glanders. Materials and methods. Golden hamsters of both sexes, with weight 80 — 100 g, were inoculated with 100 LD 50 of 48-hour agar culture of Burkholderia mallei (strain Ц-5). Commercial preparations of 2 — 4 th generations of fluoroquinolones: sparfloxacin (Sparflo, India), gemifloxacin (Faktiv, Russia), moxifloxacin (Avelox, Germany), pefloxacin (Abactal, Slovenia), levofloxacin (Eleflox, India), lomefloxacin (Lomeflox, India), ofloxacin (Russia). Urgent prophylaxis started 3 hours after inoculation with duration of 10 days, whereas treatment started 24 hours after inoculation with duration of 15 days. Dayly dose of pefloxacin, ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin was divided on 2 parts, which were administered with 12-hour interval; other drugs were administered once a day. Results. All studied drugs, excluding lomefloxacin, were highly effective for urgent prophylaxis and treatment of experimental glanders and provided 80 — 100% protection. Conclusion. Third-fourth generations of fluoroquinolones: sparfloxacin, levofloxacin, moxifloxacin, gemifloxacin were highly effective against agent of glanders in in vivo experiments. They are promising drugs for the development of schemes for urgent prophylaxis and treatment of glanders in humans.