title: Susceptibility to moxifloxacin and other antimicrobial agents of major pathogens responsible for community acquired respiratory tract infection in Poland.
abstract: The in vitro activity of moxifloxacin was compared with that of other antimicrobial agents against 470 bacterial strains isolated from patients with respiratory tract infection. Bacteria studied included 110 penicillin susceptible and 110 penicillin non-susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae, 50 strains of S. pyogenes, 120 strains of Haemophilus influenzae and 80 strains of Moraxella catarrhalis. Moxifloxacin was the most active of the antimicrobials tested.
authors.affiliation: Sera and Vaccines Central Research Laboratory, Department of Epidemiology and Clinical Microbiology, 30/34 Chelmska Street, 00-725, Warsaw, Poland. kb@urania.il.waw.pl
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Betlejewska
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hryniewicz
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001372:Aza Compounds; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D006193:Haemophilus influenzae / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D001936:Moraxella catarrhalis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000077266:Moxifloxacin; D010403:Penicillin Resistance; D011044:Poland; D011804:Quinolines; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001372:Aza Compounds; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D011804:Quinolines; D000077266:Moxifloxacin