Comparative in vitro activities of DU-6859A, levofloxacin, ofloxacin, sparfloxacin, and ciprofloxacin against 387 aerobic and anaerobic bite wound isolates

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1193-1195

  Goldstein, Ellie J C ^a,b,c   Citron, Diane M ^a   Gerardo, Sharon Hunt ^a   Hudspeth, Marie ^a   Merriam, C Vreni ^a  

^a Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CIPROFLOXACIN; HEMIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PHYTOMENADIONE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SITAFLOXACIN; SPARFLOXACIN;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BITE WOUND; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EIKENELLA CORRODENS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUSOBACTERIUM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORAXELLA; NONHUMAN; PASTEURELLA; PORPHYROMONAS; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0030903142     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.5.1193     Document Type: Article

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