title: Susceptibility and bactericidal activity of 8 oral quinolones against conventional-fluoroquinolone-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae clinical isolates.
abstract: We evaluated the pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic parameters of 8 oral quinolones (ciprofloxacin, garenoxacin [GRNX], gatifloxacin, levofloxacin, moxifloxacin, prulifloxacin, sitafloxacin, and sparfloxacin) on 11 fluoroquinolone-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae strains, screened from 780 strains isolated from various clinical sources in Japan. GRNX showed the highest area under the blood concentration time curve/MIC ratios, which exceeded the target values for bacterial eradication against all fluoroquinolone-resistant S. pneumoniae strains.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-8556, Japan.
authors.forename: Shin-ichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yokota
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohkoshi
authors.forename: Nobuhiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fujii
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D050296:Microbial Viability; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D015363:Quinolones / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D015363:Quinolones