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Activity of telithromycin against 26 quinolone-resistant pneumococci with known quinolone-resistance mechanisms.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Dec 2001
Nagai K, Hoellman D, Davies T, Jacobs M, Appelbaum P
Abstract excerpt
NCCLS agar dilution was used to test activity of telithromycin compared to clarithromycin, penicillin G, ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, sparfloxacin and moxifloxacin against 26 pneumococci with defined quinolone resistance (type II topoisomerase and efflux) mechanisms. Thirteen strains were penicillin susceptible, six intermediate and seven resistant. Clarithromycin resistance (mef and/or erm) was seen in eight...
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