The rapid development of fluoroquinolone resistance in M. tuberculosis

N Engl J Med. 2003 Nov 13;349(20):1977-8. doi: 10.1056/NEJM200311133492023.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / drug therapy
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / microbiology
  • Adult
  • Anti-Infective Agents / pharmacology
  • Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Ciprofloxacin / pharmacology
  • Ciprofloxacin / therapeutic use
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Fluoroquinolones / pharmacology
  • Fluoroquinolones / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / drug effects*
  • Ofloxacin / pharmacology
  • Ofloxacin / therapeutic use
  • Prostatitis / drug therapy
  • Prostatitis / microbiology
  • Tuberculosis / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Fluoroquinolones
  • Ciprofloxacin
  • Ofloxacin