Antipneumococcal Activity of DK-507k, a New Quinolone, Compared with the Activities of 10 Other Agents

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3815-3824

  Browne, Frederick A ^a   Bozdogan, Bülent ^a   Clark, Catherine ^a   Kelly, Linda M ^a   Ednie, Lois ^a   Kosowska, Klaudia ^a   Dewasse, Bonifacio ^a   Jacobs, Michael R ^b   Appelbaum, Peter C ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DK 507K; ERYTHROMYCIN; GATIFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; SITAFLOXACIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR MEDIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG EXPOSURE; GROWTH INHIBITION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DNA GYRASE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FLUOROQUINOLONES; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; RESERPINE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0344443219     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.12.3815-3824.2003     Document Type: Article

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