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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2004

In vitro activities of garenoxacin and levofloxacin against Chlamydia pneumoniae are not affected by presence of Mycoplasma DNA.

Raymond P Smith, Aldona L Baltch, William J Ritz, Andrea N Carpenter, Tanya A Halse, Lawrence H Bopp

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Raymond P SmithStratton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY 12208, USA.
Aldona L Baltch
William J Ritz
Andrea N Carpenter
Tanya A Halse
Lawrence H Bopp
Albany Medical Center Hospital · USAlbany Stratton VA Medical Center Albany · USNew York State Department of Health · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We studied 20 Chlamydia pneumoniae isolates obtained from respiratory sites and atheroma tissue of patients from various geographic areas to determine the susceptibilities of these isolates to a new des-fluoroquinolone, garenoxacin, and to levofloxacin. In addition, we assessed the cultures with these isolates by PCR for the presence or absence of Mycoplasma sp. DNA. Both the MIC at which 90% of isolates are inhibited (MIC(90)) and the minimal bactericidal concentration at which 90% of isolates are killed (MBC(90)) for garenoxacin were 0.06 microg/ml, and both the MIC(90) and the MBC(90) for levofloxacin were 2.0 microg/ml. The activity of garenoxacin against C. pneumoniae was 32-fold greater than that of levofloxacin. Mycoplasma sp. DNA was detected by PCR in 17 of 20 cultures. Mycoplasma amplicons from five Mycoplasma DNA-positive C. pneumoniae cultures were sequenced and found to represent four Mycoplasma species. Our data demonstrate that C. pneumoniae cultures frequently contain Mycoplasma DNA and that its presence in C. pneumoniae cultures does not appear to affect the susceptibility results for the two fluoroquinolones that we tested.

Indexed as

LevofloxacinAnti-Infective AgentsChlamydia InfectionsChlamydophila pneumoniaeDatabases, GeneticDNA, BacterialFluoroquinolonesHumansMicrobial Sensitivity TestsMycoplasmaOfloxacinReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, Ribosomal, 16SAnti-Infective AgentsDNA, BacterialFluoroquinolonesgarenoxacinLevofloxacinOfloxacinRNA, Ribosomal, 16S

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PMID15155203
PMCPMC415625
OpenAlexW2095833859

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