Fluoroquinolones as pneumococcal therapy: Closing the barn door before the horse escapes

The Lancet infectious diseases

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 145-146

  Tillotson, Glenn ^a   Zhao, Xilin ^a   Drlica, Drlica ^a  

^a BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BLOOD; HUMAN; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; HUMANS; OFLOXACIN; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0035496429     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(01)00090-1     Document Type: Letter

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