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Assessment of the efficacy of telithromycin simulating human exposures against S. pneumoniae with ribosomal mutations in a murine pneumonia model.
International journal of antimicrobial agents - 1 Jun 2005
Dandekar Prachi K, Williams Peter, Tessier Pamela R, Farrell David J, Nightingale Charles H, Nicolau David P
Abstract excerpt
Telithromycin (TEL) is a ketolide antimicrobial agent with in vitro activity against Streptococcus pneumoniae (SPN), including macrolide resistant strains. The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy of TEL against clinical SPN isolates with various genotypic mutations including the newly recognized ribosomal mutations. Pneumonia was induced in either immunocompetent and immunosuppressed mice. Six...
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