title: Resistance to levofloxacin and failure of treatment of pneumococcal pneumonia.
authors.affiliation: Queen Elizabeth Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, N.S., Canada.
authors.forename: Ross
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Davidson
authors.forename: Rodrigo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cavalcanti
authors.forename: James L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Brunton
authors.forename: Darrin J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Bast
authors.forename: Joyce C S
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: de Azavedo
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kibsey
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fleming
authors.forename: Donald E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Low
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D064704:Levofloxacin; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D015242:Ofloxacin / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011018:Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017211:Treatment Failure
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D064704:Levofloxacin; D015242:Ofloxacin