ANTISTAPHYLOCOCCAL ACTIVITY OF TEMAFLOXACIN, CIPROFLOXACIN, OFLOXACIN AND ENOXACIN

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BARRY, AL [1 ]
FUCHS, PC [1 ]
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[1] ST VINCENT HOSP & MED CTR,PORTLAND,OR 97225
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10.1093/jac/28.5.695
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R51 [传染病];
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100401 ;
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Four fluoroquinolones were tested for antimicrobial activity against 300 isolates of staphylococci collected from medical centres throughout the United States. No cross-resistance to methidllin or oxacillin and the fluoroquinolones was observed. All four drugs were bactericidal agents and all ciprofloxacin-susceptible strains were inhibited at recommended breakpoint concentrations. Ciprofloxacin-resistant strains showed complete cross-resistance to the other fluoroquinolones. The relative potency of the study drugs as judged by MIC/MBC determinations was: temaflox-acin > ciprofloxacin > ofloxacin > enoxacin. © 1991, by The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.
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