title: Anti-anaerobic activity of levofloxacin alone and combined with clindamycin and metronidazole.
abstract: Microdilution MICs of levofloxacin against twelve anaerobes ranged between 0.5-8.0 microg/ml and those of clindamycin and metronidazole between 0.008-2.0 and 0.25->16.0 microg/ml, respectively. Combination of levofloxacin with clindamycin and/or metronidazole in time-kill tests led to synergy at levofloxacin concentrations at or below the MIC in 7/12 strains.
authors: Department of Pathology, Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA 17033, USA.
authors: K L
authors: KL
authors: Credito
authors: M R
authors: MR
authors: Jacobs
authors: P C
authors: PC
authors: Appelbaum
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology; D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000187:drug effects*; D002981:Clindamycin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004357:Drug Synergism; D006801:Humans; D064704:Levofloxacin; D008795:Metronidazole / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000379:methods; D015242:Ofloxacin / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004338:Drug Combinations; D008795:Metronidazole; D002981:Clindamycin; D064704:Levofloxacin; D015242:Ofloxacin