Article
Emerging 8-methoxyfluoroquinolone resistance among methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates recovered from patients with endophthalmitis.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Sept 2013
Bispo Paulo J M, Alfonso Eduardo C, Flynn Harry W, Miller Darlene
Abstract excerpt
Fluoroquinolones remain the most commonly used antimicrobials for the prevention and management of bacterial endophthalmitis. Coagulase-negative staphylococci are the most frequently recovered pathogens. Increasing resistance among this group has paralleled the presence of methicillin resistance....
Topics
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- DNA Gyrase
- DNA Topoisomerase IV
- Drug Resistance, Bacterial
- Endophthalmitis
- Female
- Fluoroquinolones
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Middle Aged
- Mutation, Missense