In vitro activities of gemifloxacin (SB 265805, LB20304) against recent clinical isolates of Chlamydia pneumoniae

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1999 Nov;43(11):2806-7. doi: 10.1128/AAC.43.11.2806.

Abstract

We compared the in vitro activity of gemifloxacin, a new quinolone antibiotic, to the activities of levofloxacin, moxifloxacin, trovafloxacin, erythromycin, and doxycycline against 20 isolates of Chlamydia pneumoniae. Gemifloxacin was the most active quinolone tested, with a MIC at which 90% of the isolates are inhibited and a minimal bactericidal concentration at which 90% of strains tested are killed of 0.25 microg/ml, but this activity was less than those of doxycycline and erythromycin.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Infective Agents / pharmacology*
  • Chlamydia Infections / microbiology
  • Chlamydophila pneumoniae / drug effects*
  • Fluoroquinolones*
  • Gemifloxacin
  • Humans
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Naphthyridines / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Fluoroquinolones
  • Naphthyridines
  • Gemifloxacin