Open AccessComparative in-vitro efficacy of fluoroquinolones against Streptococcus pneumoniae recovered from bacterial keratitis as determined by E-test
Author(s) -
Rengappa Ramakrishnan,
Srikanthan Ramesh,
M Jayahar Bharathi,
M. Amuthan,
S. Viswanathan
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.64337
Subject(s) - gatifloxacin , ofloxacin , moxifloxacin , levofloxacin , ciprofloxacin , streptococcus pneumoniae , medicine , keratitis , minimum inhibitory concentration , microbiology and biotechnology , antibacterial agent , antibiotics , biology , ophthalmology
The advent of new fluoroquinolones has drawn the attention for reliable methods on the in-vitro susceptibility testing of Streptococccus pneumoniae. This study attempts to determine the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of second-generation (ciprofloxacin and ofloxacin), third-generation (levofloxacin) and the fourth-generation (moxifloxacin and gatifloxacin) fluoroquinolones against S. pneumoniae recovered from bacterial keratitis.