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Fluoroquinolone resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: the effect of duration and timing of fluoroquinolone exposure.


AUTHORS

Devasia RA , Blackman A , Gebretsadik T , Griffin M , Shintani A , May C , Smith T , Hooper N , Maruri F , Warkentin J , Mitchel E , Sterling TR , . American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine. 2009 8 15; 180(4). 365-70

ABSTRACT

Fluoroquinolones are the most commonly prescribed antibiotic class in the United States. They have the potential to become first-line antituberculosis therapy, but the effect of fluoroquinolone use on fluoroquinolone resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis is not well characterized.


Fluoroquinolones are the most commonly prescribed antibiotic class in the United States. They have the potential to become first-line antituberculosis therapy, but the effect of fluoroquinolone use on fluoroquinolone resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis is not well characterized.


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