Antibacterial activity of PD 131628 and proposed disc diffusion susceptibility test criteria.

doi:10.1093/jac/33.6.1147

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Antibacterial activity of PD 131628 and proposed disc diffusion susceptibility test criteria.

The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Jun 1994

Fuchs P C, Barry A L, Pfaller M A

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The antibacterial activity of PD 131628 was compared with that of ciprofloxacin against 401 clinical isolates. The two drugs had comparable MICs for most Gram-negative species. PD 131628 was two to eight times more active against Gram-positive species and against Xanthomonas maltophilia. Both dru...

Topics

Anti-Infective Agents
Ciprofloxacin
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Fluoroquinolones
Gram-Negative Bacteria
Gram-Positive Bacteria
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Mutation
Naphthyridines

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