Resistance to levofloxacin and failure of treatment of pneumococcal pneumonia

N Engl J Med. 2002 Jul 4;347(1):65-7; author reply 65-7.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Levofloxacin*
  • Ofloxacin / therapeutic use*
  • Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / drug therapy*
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / drug effects*
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / genetics*

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Levofloxacin
  • Ofloxacin