Comparative in vitro bacteriostatic and bactericidal activity of trovafloxacin, levofloxacin and moxifloxacin against clinical and environmental isolates of Legionella spp.

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 49-54

  Gomez Lus R ^a   Adrian F ^a   Del Campo, R ^a   Gomez Lus P ^a   Sanchez S ^b   Garcia C ^a   Rubio, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Legionella; Levofloxacin; Moxifloxacin; Rifampicin; Trovafloxacin

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN; TROVAFLOXACIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOSTASIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG SCREENING; LEGIONELLA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; POSTANTIBIOTIC EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034905402     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-8579(01)00339-9     Document Type: Article

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