title: Comparative in vitro activity of the new fluoroquinolone BMY-40062.
abstract: The results are presented of comparative in vitro susceptibility testing of BMY-40062, a new fluorinated quinolone which contains a tetrabutyl moiety at N-1 and a piperazinyl group at C-7. BMY-40062 inhibited 90% of Enterobacteriaceae strains at less than 0.5 microgram/ml, being either equal in activity to ciprofloxacin or two- to four-fold less active, depending upon the species. BMY-40062 was as active as ciprofloxacin against Pseudomonas aeruginosa (MIC90 0.5 micrograms/ml) and inhibited most other strains of Pseudomonas species at less than 1 microgram/ml. It was more active than ciprofloxacin or ofloxacin against hemolytic streptococci and Streptococcus pneumoniae, 90% of strains being inhibited at less than 0.5 micrograms/ml. MICs increased in the presence of 9 mM Mg2+ and at pH 5.5. The frequency of spontaneous mutation was low for Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus (10(-10), but repeated exposure to BMY-40062 caused selection of resistant isolates. Clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa resistant to ciprofloxacin and ofloxacin were resistant to BMY-40062.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University New York 10032.
authors.forename: N X
authors.initials: NX
authors.lastname: Chin
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Neu
mesh_terms: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects*; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000187:drug effects; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009287:Naphthyridines; D015242:Ofloxacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000187:drug effects; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000187:drug effects; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D009287:Naphthyridines; C060734:BMY 40062; D002939:Ciprofloxacin; D015242:Ofloxacin