title: Time-kill studies of the antianaerobe activity of garenoxacin compared with those of nine other agents.
abstract: The activities of garenoxacin, ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, moxifloxacin, trovafloxacin, amoxicillin-clavulanate, piperacillin-tazobactam, imipenem, clindamycin, and metronidazole against 20 anaerobes were tested. At two times the MIC, garenoxacin was bactericidal against 19 of 20 strains after 48 h and against 17 of 20 after 24 h. Other drugs, except clindamycin (which gave lower killing rates), gave killing rates similar to those for garenoxacin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, USA.
authors.forename: Kim L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Credito
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: Peter C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Appelbaum
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000187:drug effects*; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D006801:Humans; D007211:Indoles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D015363:Quinolones / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D007211:Indoles; D015363:Quinolones; C419689:garenoxacin