Avoiding fluoroquinolone resistance

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Mar 1997 English Publisher:Informa UK LimitedJournal:Postgraduate Medicine, volume 101, pages 247-255 (issn: 0032-5481, eissn: 1941-9260,

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Authors: C W, Stratton;

doi: 10.3810/pgm.1997.03.186

pmid: 9074562

Avoiding fluoroquinolone resistance

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Abstract

The therapeutic usefulness of fluroquinolones for serious and difficult-to-treat infections is well documented. However, with increasing reports of organisms becoming resistant to the agents (most often the pseudomonads, staphylococci, and streptococci), the usefulness of this class of antibiotics is being threatened. Appropriate and judicious prescribing of this class of antimicrobials can greatly aid in preserving the therapeutic value of fluoroquinolones for the treatment of infections in the future.

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Vanderbilt University
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Keywords

Staphylococcus aureus, Drug Resistance, Microbial, Bacterial Infections, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Anti-Infective Agents, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Humans, Drug Therapy, Combination, Methicillin Resistance, Fluoroquinolones

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