title: Postantibiotic effect of trovafloxacin against gram-positive and -negative organisms.
abstract: Trovafloxacin pneumococcal and staphylococcal postantibiotic effects (PAEs) were 0.7 to 1.8 and 0.7 to 2.4 h, respectively. For Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, PAEs were 2.4 to 4.4 h. Pneumococcal and staphylococcal postantibiotic sub-MIC effects (PA-SMEs) (0.4 times the MIC) were 2.3 to 3.7 and 2.4 to > 9.2 h, respectively, and E. coli PA-SMEs (0.3 times the MIC) were 6.8 to > 12.0 h. For one P. aeruginosa strain, the PA-SME (0.4 times the MIC) was > 10 h; in the other, rapid bactericidal activity precluded measurement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania 17033, USA.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Pankuch
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Appelbaum
mesh_terms: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects*; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009287:Naphthyridines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D009287:Naphthyridines; C080163:trovafloxacin