The effects of increasing levels of quinolone resistance on in-vitro activity of four quinolones.

doi:10.1093/jac/42.2.179

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The effects of increasing levels of quinolone resistance on in-vitro activity of four quinolones.

The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Aug 1998

Thomson K S, Sanders C C

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A panel of 266 clinically isolated Gram-positive cocci and Gram-negative bacilli with varying levels of resistance to ciprofloxacin were analysed for susceptibility to Du-6859a, ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, temafloxacin and nalidixic acid. Staphylococci were divided into ciprofloxacin-susceptible, m...

Topics

Anti-Infective Agents
Ciprofloxacin
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Fluoroquinolones
Gram-Negative Bacteria
Gram-Positive Bacteria
Humans
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Mutation
Nalidixic Acid
Ofloxacin
Quinolones

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