title: Comparative in-vitro activities of moxifloxacin, trovafloxacin, quinupristin/dalfopristin and linezolid against staphylococci.
abstract: The antistaphylococcal activities of four newly developed antibiotics, moxifloxacin (an 8-methoxyfluoroquinolone), trovafloxacin (a naphthyridone), quinupristin/dalfopristin (a semisynthetic streptogramin) and linezolid (an oxazolidinone), were examined and compared with those of ciprofloxacin, vancomycin and teicoplanin, using an agar dilution method. A total of 245 clinical isolates of staphylococci, including a large number of clonally different methicillin-resistant strains, were tested. The new agents tested exhibited wide-spectrum antistaphylococcal activity against both methicillin-susceptible and methicillin-resistant strains. In contrast to the quinolones, the in-vitro activities of quinupristin/dalfopristin, linezolid and the glycopeptides remained almost unchanged, irrespective of the resistance phenotype for methicillin. A number of isolates with elevated quinolone MICs were observed.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical Microbiology, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany. eiffc@uni-muenster.de
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: von Eiff
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Peters
mesh_terms: D000081:Acetamides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001372:Aza Compounds; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D006801:Humans; D000069349:Linezolid; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D000077266:Moxifloxacin; D009287:Naphthyridines / Q000494:pharmacology; D010080:Oxazoles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D023303:Oxazolidinones; D011804:Quinolines; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014769:Virginiamycin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000081:Acetamides; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001372:Aza Compounds; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D009287:Naphthyridines; D010080:Oxazoles; D023303:Oxazolidinones; D011804:Quinolines; D014769:Virginiamycin; C062940:quinupristin-dalfopristin; C080163:trovafloxacin; D000069349:Linezolid; D000077266:Moxifloxacin