Re: Moxifloxacin should not be discounted in the treatment of bacterial meningitis

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, UK; National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit on Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, UK. Electronic address: fmcgill@liv.ac.uk.
² Division of Infection & Immunity, University College London, UK.
³ Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, UK; National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit on Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, UK; Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK.

Comment

Fiona McGill et al. J Infect. 2016 Aug.

. 2016 Aug;73(2):174-5.

doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2016.05.005. Epub 2016 Jun 3.

¹ Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, UK; National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit on Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, UK. Electronic address: fmcgill@liv.ac.uk.
² Division of Infection & Immunity, University College London, UK.
³ Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, UK; National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit on Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, UK; Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK.

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Comment on

The UK joint specialist societies guideline on the diagnosis and management of acute meningitis and meningococcal sepsis in immunocompetent adults.
McGill F, Heyderman RS, Michael BD, Defres S, Beeching NJ, Borrow R, Glennie L, Gaillemin O, Wyncoll D, Kaczmarski E, Nadel S, Thwaites G, Cohen J, Davies NW, Miller A, Rhodes A, Read RC, Solomon T. McGill F, et al. J Infect. 2016 Apr;72(4):405-38. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2016.01.007. Epub 2016 Feb 2. J Infect. 2016. PMID: 26845731
Moxifloxacin should not be discounted in the treatment of bacterial meningitis.
Baxter M, Jacobson K, Albur M. Baxter M, et al. J Infect. 2016 Aug;73(2):173-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2016.05.009. Epub 2016 Jun 9. J Infect. 2016. PMID: 27291047 No abstract available.