title: In vitro activity of gemifloxacin compared to seven other oral antimicrobial agents against aerobic and anaerobic pathogens isolated from antral sinus puncture specimens from patients with sinusitis.
abstract: Using a microbroth method for aerobes and agar dilution for anaerobes, we studied the comparative in vitro activity of gemifloxacin, three fluoroquinolones, two macrolides and two beta-lactams, against 207 aerobic and 162 anaerobic antral sinus puncture isolates. Gemifloxacin was active at < or = 0.25 ug/mL against 198/207 [96%] aerobes and 127/162 [78%] anaerobes or 325/369 [88%] of all isolates and was the most active quinolone on a weight basis against Gram-positive organisms. All Haemophilus and Moraxella species were susceptible to < or =0.06 ug/mL of gemifloxacin. Thirty-five anaerobic isolates [35/162, 22%] required > or =0.5 ug/mL of gemifloxacin for inhibition, including all Prevotella species [all except one strain of P. bivia were susceptible to < or = 2 ug/mL] and occasional strains of Bacteroides uniformis, Bacteroides fragilis, Bilophila wadsworthia, Peptostreptococcus magnus, Peptostreptococcus micros, Propionibacterium acnes, and Veillonella species. All fusobacteria were susceptible to < or =0.25 ug/mL of gemifloxacin. Based on our in vitro study results, we conclude that gemifloxacin may offer a therapeutic alternative for sinus infections.
authors.affiliation: R.M. Alden Research Laboratory, Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, CA 90404, USA. EJCGMD@aol.com
authors.forename: Ellie J C
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Conrads
authors.forename: Diane M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Citron
authors.forename: C Vreni
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Merriam
authors.forename: Yumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Warren
authors.forename: Kerin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tyrrell
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001420:Bacteria, Aerobic / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D000077735:Gemifloxacin; D006801:Humans; D008443:Maxillary Sinus; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D009287:Naphthyridines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011677:Punctures; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D009287:Naphthyridines; D000077735:Gemifloxacin