Resistance to levofloxacin and failure of treatment of pneumococcal pneumonia.
Davidson
Ross
R
Queen Elizabeth Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, N.S., Canada.
Cavalcanti
Rodrigo
R
Brunton
James L
JL
Bast
Darrin J
DJ
de Azavedo
Joyce C S
JC
Kibsey
Pamela
P
Fleming
Christine
C
Low
Donald E
DE
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
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D064704:Levofloxacin; D015242:Ofloxacin