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1: Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1999 Oct;43(10):2547-9.Click here to read Click here to read Links

Bactericidal activity and postantibiotic effect of levofloxacin against anaerobes.

Pendland SL, Diaz-Linares M, Garey KW, Woodward JG, Ryu S, Danziger LH.

Microbiology Research Laboratory, The University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA. pendland@uic.edu

The bactericidal activity and postantibiotic effect (PAE) of levofloxacin against nine anaerobes were determined. Levofloxacin at concentrations of the MIC and twice the MIC was bactericidal at 24 h to five of nine and nine of nine strains, respectively. The PAE of levofloxacin following a 2-h exposure ranged from 0.06 to 2.88 h.

PMID: 10508042 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

PMCID: PMC89518

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