Fatal meningitis due to levofloxacin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae

Clin Infect Dis. 1999 Dec;29(6):1599-600. doi: 10.1086/313557.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Infective Agents / pharmacology*
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Levofloxacin*
  • Male
  • Meningitis, Pneumococcal / complications*
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Middle Aged
  • Ofloxacin / pharmacology*
  • Pneumococcal Infections / complications*
  • Pneumococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / drug effects*
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Levofloxacin
  • Ofloxacin