Effect of Parenteral Fluoroquinolone Administration on Persistence of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium in the Mouse Gastrointestinal Tract

We examined the effect of subcutaneous fluoroquinolone antibiotic administration on persistence and density of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium stool colonization in mice. Levofloxacin and ciprofloxacin did not promote colonization in comparison to saline controls, whereas moxifloxacin and...

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Main Authors: Donskey, Curtis J., Helfand, Marion S., Pultz, Nicole J., Rice, Louis B.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2004
Subjects:
Experimental Therapeutics
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC310198/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14693559
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AAC.48.1.326-328.2004
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