In vitro susceptibility of Nocardia spp. to a new fluoroquinolone, tosufloxacin (T-3262)

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1989 Dec;33(12):2140-1. doi: 10.1128/AAC.33.12.2140.

Abstract

The in vitro activity of a new fluoroquinolone, tosufloxacin (T-3262), against 111 pathogenic Nocardia strains was studied by an agar dilution method and compared with the activities of other fluoroquinolones. All strains were susceptible to tosufloxacin, and the drug was 2 to 20 times more active than four other quinolones tested. Nocardia farcinica was the Nocardia species most susceptible to tosufloxacin.

MeSH terms

  • 4-Quinolones
  • Anti-Infective Agents / pharmacology*
  • Fluoroquinolones*
  • Humans
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Naphthyridines*
  • Nocardia / drug effects*
  • Nocardia Infections / microbiology

Substances

  • 4-Quinolones
  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Fluoroquinolones
  • Naphthyridines
  • tosufloxacin