Comparative in vitro bacteriostatic and bactericidal activity of levofloxacin and ciprofloxacin against urinary tract pathogens determined by MIC, MBC, time-kill curves and bactericidal index analysis;Attività batteriostatica e battericida di levofloxacina e ciprofloxacina verso uropatogeni determinata mediante MIC, MBC, time-kill curves e analisi dell'indice di batteriocidia

Infezioni in Medicina

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 100-106

  Noviello, Silvana ^a   Ianniello, Filomena ^a   Leone, Sebastiano ^a   Esposito, Silvano ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bactericidal index; Levofloxacin; Uro pathogens

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; OFLOXACIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOSTASIS; KLEBSIELLA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OFLOXACIN; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0036310803     PISSN: 11249390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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