Moxifloxacin should not be discounted in the treatment of bacterial meningitis

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology, North Bristol NHS Trust, Southmead Hospital, Westbury on Trym, Bristol, BS10 5NB, UK. Electronic address: melissabaxter1@nhs.net.
² Department of Microbiology, North Bristol NHS Trust, Southmead Hospital, Westbury on Trym, Bristol, BS10 5NB, UK.

Comment

Melissa Baxter et al. J Infect. 2016 Aug.

. 2016 Aug;73(2):173-4.

doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2016.05.009. Epub 2016 Jun 9.

¹ Department of Microbiology, North Bristol NHS Trust, Southmead Hospital, Westbury on Trym, Bristol, BS10 5NB, UK. Electronic address: melissabaxter1@nhs.net.
² Department of Microbiology, North Bristol NHS Trust, Southmead Hospital, Westbury on Trym, Bristol, BS10 5NB, UK.

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Comment in

Re: Moxifloxacin should not be discounted in the treatment of bacterial meningitis.
McGill F, Heyderman RS, Solomon T. McGill F, et al. J Infect. 2016 Aug;73(2):174-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2016.05.005. Epub 2016 Jun 3. J Infect. 2016. PMID: 27268026 No abstract available.

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