Article
Dose-related selection of fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Oct 2007
Olofsson Sara K, Marcusson Linda L, Strömbäck Ann, Hughes Diarmaid, Cars Otto
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the effects of clinically used doses of norfloxacin, ciprofloxacin and moxifloxacin on survival and selection in Escherichia coli populations containing fluoroquinolone-resistant subpopulations and to measure the value of the pharmacodynamic index AUC/mutant prevention concentration (MPC) that prevents the growth of pre-existing resistant mutants. METHODS: Mixed cultures of susceptible...
Topics
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Colony Count, Microbial
- Drug Resistance, Bacterial
- Escherichia coli
- Fluoroquinolones
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Models, Biological
- Mutation
- Patient Selection
