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Activity of moxifloxacin against pathogens with decreased susceptibility to ciprofloxacin.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Nov 1999
Pong A, Thomson K S, Moland E S, Chartrand S A, Sanders C C
Abstract excerpt
A panel of 279 clinical isolates of Gram-positive cocci and Gram-negative bacilli with varying levels of resistance to ciprofloxacin were analysed for susceptibility to moxifloxacin, ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin and nalidixic acid. Moxifloxacin was eight- to 32-fold more potent than ciprofloxacin and ofloxacin against staphylococci and Streptococcus pneumoniae, and equivalent to eight-fold more potent against...
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