In vitro activity of ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, levofloxacin, sparfloxacin and gatifloxacin against multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Rio de Janeiro Brazil

Med Mal Infect. 2007 May;37(5):295-6. doi: 10.1016/j.medmal.2007.03.011. Epub 2007 Apr 24.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / epidemiology
  • Brazil
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple
  • Fluoroquinolones / pharmacology*
  • Gatifloxacin
  • Humans
  • Levofloxacin
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / drug effects*
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification
  • Ofloxacin / pharmacology
  • Tuberculosis / drug therapy
  • Tuberculosis / epidemiology

Substances

  • Fluoroquinolones
  • Levofloxacin
  • Ofloxacin
  • Gatifloxacin
  • sparfloxacin