Comparative in-vitro activity of moxifloxacin, penicillin, ceftriaxone and ciprofloxacin against pneumococci isolated from meningitis

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 833-835

  Tarasi, Agapito ^b   Capone, Alessandro ^b   Tarasi, David ^b   Cassone, Marco ^b   Bianco, Gianluca ^b   Venditti, Mario ^a,b  

^a POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ITALY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0033019659     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/43.6.833     Document Type: Article

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