title: Activity of nine fluoroquinolones against strains of Bordetella bronchiseptica.
abstract: Thirty-two strains of Bordetella bronchiseptica were tested for their antimicrobial susceptibilities to nine fluoroquinolones. The most active agents were fleroxacin, temafloxacin, ciprofloxacin (MIC90 1 microg/ml), ofloxacin, lomefloxacin and enoxacin (MIC90 2 microg/ml). Pefloxacin and norfloxacin were active only against 59.3 and 83.1%, respectively, of the strains tested, whereas rufloxacin lacked activity against all the strains of B. bronchiseptica tested.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Microbiologia, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Policlinico Universitario, Torre Biologica, Università di Messina, Italy. teti@eniware.it
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carbone
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Fera
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Pennisi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Masucci
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Sarro
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Macrì
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016950:Bordetella bronchiseptica / Q000187:drug effects*; D002415:Cats; D005260:Female; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D024841:Fluoroquinolones