Article
[Bactericidal activity of sitafloxacin and other new quinolones against antimicrobial resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae].
The Japanese journal of antibiotics - 1 Feb 2013
Kobayashi Intetsu, Kanayama Akiko, Hasegawa Miyuki, Kaneko Akihiro
Abstract excerpt
We conducted a study assess the bactericidal activity of sitafloxacin (STFX) against Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates recovered from respiratory infections including penicillin-resistant (PRSP) isolates, macrolide resistant isolates possessing mefA and ermB resistance genes and quinolone resistance isolates with mutations in gyrA or gyrA and parC. Each isolate tested was grown in hemosupplemented Mueller-Hinton...
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