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Time-kill kinetics of Streptococcus pneumoniae with reduced susceptibility to telithromycin.
Chemotherapy - 1 Jan 2007
Al-Lahham Adnan, Reinert Ralf René
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Telithromycin is a new ketolide increasingly used in Europe and the United States. Only very few telithromycin-resistant isolates have been described to date. METHODS: The anti-pneumococcal activity of telithromycin was determined against four clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae with reduced susceptibility to telithromycin by time-kill methodology. RESULTS: All four telithromycin...
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