Research Article

Efficacy of Levofloxacin Loaded Nonionic Surfactant Vesicles (Niosomes) in a Model of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infected Sprague Dawley Rats

Table 1

Bacterial counts in liver, spleen, and kidneys (1 μl) on day 10, after treatment with levofloxacin (niosome) and levofloxacin (conventional) in rats inoculated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Niosome CFU/1 μl ± SDConventional CFU/1 μl ± SD

Liver1.3 ± 2.0745.8 ± 3.74
Kidney1.5 ± 2.359.6 ± 8.65
Spleen3.8 ± 4.7125.6 ± 14.66

using one-way ANOVA (MINITAB 16)