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Kazuko Yamamoto1, Katsunori Yanagihara, Kazuyuki Sugahara, Yoshifumi Imamura, Masafumi Seki, Koichi Izumikawa, Hiroshi Kakeya, Yoshihiro Yamamoto, Yoichi Hirakata, Shimeru Kamihira, Shigeru Kohno.
Abstract
We evaluated the potency of garenoxacin in selecting resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae mutants by determining its mutant prevention concentration, using strains with and without topoisomerase gene mutations, and compared its potency to that of other quinolones. Garenoxacin had a significantly greater potency against pneumococci, including strains containing topoisomerase mutations. Genetic analysis of the S. pneumoniae mutants created by garenoxacin revealed that the gyrA gene was a primary target of garenoxacin.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19451290 PMCID: PMC2715604 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00176-09
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191