Gemifloxacin is efficacious against penicillin-resistant and quinolone-resistant pneumococci in experimental meningitis

Cottagnoud, P; Acosta, F; Cottagnoud, M; Täuber, MG (2002). Gemifloxacin is efficacious against penicillin-resistant and quinolone-resistant pneumococci in experimental meningitis. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 46(5), pp. 1607-9. Washington, D.C.: American Society for Microbiology 10.1128/AAC.46.5.1607-1609-2002

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In experimental rabbit meningitis, gemifloxacin penetrated inflamed meninges well (22 to 33%) and produced excellent bactericidal activity (change in log(10) [Deltalog(10)] CFU/ml/h, -0.68 +/- 0.30 [mean and standard deviation]), even superior to that of the standard regimen of ceftriaxone plus vancomycin (-0.49 +/- 0.09 deltalog(10) CFU/ml/h), in the treatment of meningitis due to a penicillin-resistant pneumococcal strain (MIC, 4 mg/liter). Even against a penicillin- and quinolone-resistant strain, gemifloxacin showed good bactericidal activity (-0.48 +/- 0.16 deltalog(10) CFU/ml/h). The excellent antibacterial activity of gemifloxacin was also confirmed by time-kill assays over 8 h in vitro.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute for Infectious Diseases

UniBE Contributor:

Täuber, Martin G.

ISSN:

0066-4804

ISBN:

11959614

Publisher:

American Society for Microbiology

Language:

English

Submitter:

Factscience Import

Date Deposited:

04 Oct 2013 15:00

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:18

Publisher DOI:

10.1128/AAC.46.5.1607-1609-2002

PubMed ID:

11959614

Web of Science ID:

000175100800074

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/25731 (FactScience: 60830)

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