Note: Comparative In Vitro Activities of Ciprofloxacin Gemifloxacin Grepafloxacin Moxifloxacin Ofloxacin Sparfloxacin Trovafloxacin and Other Antimicrobial Agents against Bloodstream Isolates of Gram-Positive Cocci

摘要

The in vitro activity of gemifloxacin against 316 bloodstream isolates of staphylococci, pneumococci, and enterococci was compared with the activities of six fluoroquinolones and three other antimicrobial agents. Of the antimicrobial agents tested, gemifloxacin was the most potent against penicillin-intermediate and -resistant pneumococci, methicillin-susceptible and -resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates, and coagulase-negative staphylococci.