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In vitro development of resistance to five quinolones and amoxicillin-clavulanate in Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 May 1999
Davies T A, Pankuch G A, Dewasse B E, Jacobs M R, Appelbaum P C
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The ability of 50 sequential subcultures in subinhibitory concentrations of ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, grepafloxacin, sparfloxacin, trovafloxacin, and amoxicillin-clavulanate to select for resistance was studied for six penicillin-susceptible and four penicillin-intermediate pneumococci. Subculturing in ciprofloxacin, grepafloxacin, levofloxacin, and sparfloxacin led to selection of mutants requiring increased...
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