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. 1989 Jan;33(1):128-30.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.33.1.128.

Ciprofloxacin for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections

E A Piercy  1 , D Barbaro, J P Luby, P A Mackowiak
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Ciprofloxacin for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections

E A Piercy et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1989 Jan.

Abstract

Thirty-seven patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections and/or colonization were treated with oral ciprofloxacin (750 mg twice a day). Clinical cure or improvement of infections occurred in 91% of the patients, and bacteriologic cure occurred in 60%. Ciprofloxacin therapy suppressed methicillin-resistant S. aureus colonization in 55% of the patients. Ciprofloxacin-resistant strains emerged in 6 of the 37 patients.

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