title: Comparative in vitro activities of ciprofloxacin, gemifloxacin, grepafloxacin, moxifloxacin, ofloxacin, sparfloxacin, trovafloxacin, and other antimicrobial agents against bloodstream isolates of gram-positive cocci.
abstract: The in vitro activity of gemifloxacin against 316 bloodstream isolates of staphylococci, pneumococci, and enterococci was compared with the activities of six fluoroquinolones and three other antimicrobial agents. Of the antimicrobial agents tested, gemifloxacin was the most potent against penicillin-intermediate and -resistant pneumococci, methicillin-susceptible and -resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates, and coagulase-negative staphylococci.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hardy
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Amsterdam
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Mandell
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rotstein
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001372:Aza Compounds; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology*; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D000077735:Gemifloxacin; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D006095:Gram-Positive Cocci / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D000077266:Moxifloxacin; D009287:Naphthyridines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015242:Ofloxacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D010879:Piperazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011804:Quinolines
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D001372:Aza Compounds; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D009287:Naphthyridines; D010879:Piperazines; D011804:Quinolines; D002939:Ciprofloxacin; C080163:trovafloxacin; D015242:Ofloxacin; C075375:grepafloxacin; D000077735:Gemifloxacin; C061363:sparfloxacin; D000077266:Moxifloxacin