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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, February 2003, p. 816-819, Vol. 47, No. 2
0066-4804/03/$08.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.2.816-819.2003
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Levofloxacin and Ciprofloxacin In Vitro Activities against 4,003 Clinical Bacterial Isolates Collected in 24 Italian Laboratories
Giovanni Pietro Gesu,1* Federico Marchetti,2 Laura Piccoli,3 and Annalisa Cavallero4
Medical Department,2
Medicine Research Center GlaxoSmithKline, Verona,3
Laboratorio Analisi, Cardiologico Monzino Hospital IRCCS,1
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, S. Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy4
Received 10 December 2001/
Returned for modification 2 September 2002/
Accepted 1 November 2002
Levofloxacin showed comparable in vitro susceptibility to ciprofloxacin among Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, enterococci, and Staphylococcus aureus, while greater susceptibility was observed in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia and Staphylococcus epidermidis, mainly when oxacillin resistant. The susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae to levofloxacin reached 99%.
* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Laboratorio di Analisi, Centro Cardiologico Monzino, Via Parea 4, Milan 20138, Italy. Phone: 39 0258002595. Fax: 39 0258002259. E-mail: ggesu{at}ccfm.it.
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, February 2003, p. 816-819, Vol. 47, No. 2
0066-4804/03/$08.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.2.816-819.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
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