Fourth generation fluoroquinolones: New weapons in the arsenal of ophthalmic antibiotics

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 463-466

  Mather, Rookaya ^a   Karenchak, Lisa M ^a   Romanowski, Eric G ^a   Kowalski, Regis P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; GATIFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; AZA COMPOUNDS; BACTERIA; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036206726     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(02)01334-X     Document Type: Article

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