Article
Levofloxacin treatment failure in a patient with fluoroquinolone-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia.
Pharmacotherapy - 1 Mar 2002
Kays Michael B, Smith David W, Wack Matthew E, Denys Gerald A
Abstract excerpt
The frequency of fluoroquinolone-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae has increased as fluoroquinolone administration for treatment of respiratory tract infections has increased. Levofloxacin treatment failed in a patient who had pneumococcal pneumonia and had received three previous courses of lev...
Topics
- Anti-Infective Agents
- Colony Count, Microbial
- DNA Gyrase
- DNA Topoisomerase IV
- Drug Resistance
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Humans
- Levofloxacin
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Ofloxacin
- Pneumonia, Pneumococcal
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Treatment Failure