Trovafloxacin in combination with vancomycin against penicillin-resistant pneumococci in the rabbit meningitis model

Rodoni, D; Hänni, F; Gerber, CM; Cottagnoud, M; Neftel, K; Täuber, MG; Cottagnoud, P (1999). Trovafloxacin in combination with vancomycin against penicillin-resistant pneumococci in the rabbit meningitis model. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 43(4), pp. 963-5. Washington, D.C.: American Society for Microbiology

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Trovafloxacin, a new fluoroquinolone, produced bactericidal activity (-0.33 +/- 0.13 delta log10 CFU/ml.h; intravenously [i.v.] administered dose, 15 mg/kg) comparable to that of vancomycin (-0.39 +/- 0.18 delta log10 CFU/ml.h; i.v. admininistered dose, 20 mg/kg) in the treatment of experimental meningitis in rabbits due to a pneumococcal strain highly resistant to penicillin (MIC of penicillin G, 4 micrograms/ml). The combination of both drugs significantly increased (P < 0.05) the killing rate (-0.60 +/- 0.23 delta log10 CFU/ml.h) compared to that produced by either monotherapy. These results were also confirmed 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:

10103211

Publisher:

American Society for Microbiology

Language:

English

Submitter:

Factscience Import

Date Deposited:

04 Oct 2013 15:00

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:18

PubMed ID:

10103211

Web of Science ID:

000079555400039

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/25763 (FactScience: 60895)

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