Use of quinolone antibiotics
View Patent ↗The present invention relates to the use of certain quinolone antibiotics for controlling bacterial disorders of the oral cavity, in particular in veterinary medicine.
1. A method for the systemic treatment of bacterial infections of the oral cavity comprising systemically treating a human or an animal in need thereof with an effective amount of pradofloxacin.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the infections of the oral cavity are gingivitis, stomatitis, parodontitis and/or abscesses of the oral cavity.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the bacterial infections are mainly caused by bacteria of the group consisting of Porphyromonas spp., Prevotella spp., Bacteroides spp., Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, Fusobacterium spp., Peptostreptococcus spp., Eikenella corrodens, Capnocytophaga ochracea, Campylobacter rectus.