Comparative in vitro activities of ciprofloxacin, gemifloxacin, grepafloxacin, moxifloxacin, ofloxacin, sparfloxacin, trovafloxacin, and other antimicrobial agents against bloodstream isolates of gram-positive cocci

Authors
Hardy, D Amsterdam, D Mandell, LA Rotstein, C
Citation
D. Hardy et al., Comparative in vitro activities of ciprofloxacin, gemifloxacin, grepafloxacin, moxifloxacin, ofloxacin, sparfloxacin, trovafloxacin, and other antimicrobial agents against bloodstream isolates of gram-positive cocci, ANTIM AG CH, 44(3), 2000, pp. 802-805
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
ISSN journal
00664804 → ACNP
Volume
44
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
802 - 805
Database
ISI
SICI code
0066-4804(200003)44:3<802:CIVAOC>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
The in vitro activity of gemifloxacin against 316 bloodstream isolates of s taphylococci, pneumococci, and enterococci was compared with the activities of six fluoroquinolones and three other antimicrobial agents. Of the antim icrobial agents tested, gemifloxacin was the most potent against penicillin -intermediate and -resistant pneumococci, methicillin-susceptible and -resi stant Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates, and coagulase-negative staphyloc occi.