Fatal meningitis due to levofloxacin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Wortmann
G W
GW
Infectious Disease Clinic, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307-5001, USA. glenn.wortmann@na.amedd.army.mil.
Bennett
S P
SP
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D064704:Levofloxacin; D008297:Male; D008586:Meningitis, Pneumococcal / Q000150:complications*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D015242:Ofloxacin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D064704:Levofloxacin; D015242:Ofloxacin