Activities of gatifloxacin compared to those of seven other agents against anaerobic organisms

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作者
Ednie, LM
Jacobs, MR
Appelbaum, PC
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[1] Penn State Univ, Milton S Hershey Med Ctr, Dept Pathol Clin Microbiol, Hershey, PA 17033 USA
[2] Case Western Reserve Univ, Dept Pathol, Cleveland, OH 44106 USA
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10.1128/AAC.42.9.2459
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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The agar dilution MIC was used to compare activities of gatifloxacin with those of ciprofloxacin, sparfloxacin, trovafloxacin, ampicillin, ampicillin-sulbactam, clindamycin, and metronidazole against 351 anaerobes. Overall MICs at which 50% of the isolates are inhibited and MICs at which 90% of the isolates are inhibited (in micrograms per milliliter) were as follows: gatifloxacin, 0.5 and 4; ciprofloxacin, 2 and 32; sparfloxacin, 2 and 8; trovafloxacin, 1 and 4; ampicillin, 1 and 64; ampicillin-sulbactam, 0.5 and 4; clindamycin, 0.125 and 8; and metronidazole, 1 and >16, respectively. Gatifloxacin MICs were similar to those of trovafloxacin in ail organism groups.
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