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G A Noskin1, P Mehl, J R Warren.
Abstract
The fluoroquinolone WIN 57273 showed identical bactericidal activities (MBC for 90% of the strains = 0.25 micrograms/ml) for bacteremic strains of Enterococcus faecalis with and without high-level gentamicin resistance. WIN 57273 was bactericidal in time-kill measurements with highly gentamicin-resistant, ciprofloxacin-susceptible strains of E. faecalis. However, WIN 57273 was indifferent with penicillin for gentamicin-resistant E. faecalis and was not bactericidal for ciprofloxacin-resistant E. faecalis.Entities:
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Year: 1993 PMID: 8285636 PMCID: PMC192411 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.37.11.2470
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191