Drug Resistance
Streptococcus pneumoniae Is Increasingly Resistant To Fluoroquinolones
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, October 9th, 2001
Streptococcus pneumoniae is the leading cause of community-acquired pneumonia, meningitis, and otitis media in the United States. Because of the emergence of antimicrobial resistance in pneumococci, fluoroquinolones are now recommended by some groups for the treatment of pneumonia in adults, especially when antimicrobial resistance is suspected, according to the U.S. Centers For Disease Control.
Older fluoroquinolones with some antimicrobial activity against the pneumococcus include ciprofloxacin and ofloxacin. Newer fluoroquinolones with higher in vitro activity against the pneumococcus, including levofloxacin, grepafloxacin, gatifloxacin, and moxifloxacin,...
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