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Comparative Study
. 1996 Oct;40(10):2413-5.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.40.10.2413.

Comparison of Etest to broth microdilution method for testing Streptococcus pneumoniae susceptibility to levofloxacin and three macrolides

S Hunt Gerardo  1 , D M Citron, M C Claros, E J Goldstein
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Comparative Study

Comparison of Etest to broth microdilution method for testing Streptococcus pneumoniae susceptibility to levofloxacin and three macrolides

S Hunt Gerardo et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1996 Oct.

Abstract

When the Etest was compared to broth microdilution for susceptibility testing of Streptococcus pneumoniae, levofloxacin, erythromycin, and penicillin results correlated for both methods; azithromycin and clarithromycin showed discrepancies of > or = 2 dilutions for 95.8% and 31.5% of the isolates, respectively. Levofloxacin was active against 141 of 142 isolates (< or = 2.0 micrograms/ml), making it a potentially useful new fluoroquinolone.

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