Resistance to levofloxacin and failure of treatment of pneumococcal pneumonia

N Engl J Med. 2002 Mar 7;346(10):747-50. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa012122.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Anti-Infective Agents / pharmacology
  • Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Levofloxacin*
  • Male
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Middle Aged
  • Ofloxacin / pharmacology
  • Ofloxacin / therapeutic use*
  • Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / drug therapy*
  • Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / microbiology
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / drug effects
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / isolation & purification
  • Treatment Failure

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Levofloxacin
  • Ofloxacin