title: In vitro activities of the des-fluoro(6) Quinolone BMS-284756 against aerobic and anaerobic pathogens isolated from skin and soft tissue animal and human bite wound infections.
abstract: BMS-284756, a new des-fluoro(6) quinolone, was very active against 240 aerobic and 180 anaerobic isolates from bite victims. It inhibited 403 of 420 (96%) isolates, including those of Moraxella spp., CDC group EF-4, and Eikenella corrodens at < or = 2 microg/ml and those of all Pasteurella spp. and Bergeyella zoohelcum at < or = 0.015 microg/ml. Fusobacterium russii and 6 of 11 Fusobacterium nucleatum isolates of animal bite origin were resistant, but isolates of human bite origin were susceptible, which suggests that they were of a different subspecies.
authors.affiliation: R. M. Alden Research Laboratory, Santa Monica-University of California, Los Angeles, Medical Center, Santa Monica, California 90404, USA. EJCGMD@aol.com
authors.forename: Ellie J C
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.forename: Diane M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Citron
authors.forename: C Vreni
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Merriam
authors.forename: Yumi A
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Warren
authors.forename: Kerin L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Tyrrell
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fernandez
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001420:Bacteria, Aerobic / Q000187:drug effects*; D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000187:drug effects*; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000382:microbiology*; D002415:Cats; D004285:Dogs; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D006801:Humans; D007211:Indoles; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D015363:Quinolones; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000382:microbiology*; D018461:Soft Tissue Infections / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D007211:Indoles; D015363:Quinolones; C419689:garenoxacin