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Comparative Study
. 1999 Oct;43(10):2571-3.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.43.10.2571.

In vitro susceptibilities of Mycoplasma hominis to six fluoroquinolones as determined by E test

K B Waites  1 , K C Canupp, G E Kenny
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Comparative Study

In vitro susceptibilities of Mycoplasma hominis to six fluoroquinolones as determined by E test

K B Waites et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1999 Oct.

Abstract

Twenty isolates of Mycoplasma hominis were tested for their susceptibility to six fluoroquinolones by the E test. The MICs at which 90% of the isolates were inhibited (in micrograms per milliliter) were as follows: sparfloxacin, 0.031; clinafloxacin, moxifloxacin, and trovafloxacin, 0.063; levofloxacin, 0.25; and ciprofloxacin, 0.5. Increasing the amount of inoculum or incubation in CO(2) elevated MICs by </=1 dilution. E tests produce fluoroquinolone MICs comparable to those obtained by agar and microbroth dilution for M. hominis.

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