Artículo
Fatal levofloxacin failure in treatment of a bacteremic patient infected with Streptococcus pneumoniae with a preexisting parC mutation
Autor/es | Cueto López, Marina de
Rodríguez Martínez, José Manuel Soriano Pérez, Manuel Jesús López Cerero, Lorena Venero Recio, José Luis Pascual Hernández, Álvaro |
Departamento | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Microbiología |
Fecha de publicación | 2008 |
Fecha de depósito | 2017-07-27 |
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Resumen | The fatal outcome of levofloxacin treatment in a patient with bacteremic pneumonia caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae with a preexisting parC mutation is reported. Failure was due to the emergence of a gyrA mutation after ... The fatal outcome of levofloxacin treatment in a patient with bacteremic pneumonia caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae with a preexisting parC mutation is reported. Failure was due to the emergence of a gyrA mutation after 4 days of therapy. Problems encountered in detecting first-step mutation isolates are discussed. |
Agencias financiadoras | Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo. España European Commission (EC). Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER) |
Identificador del proyecto | REIPI RD06/0008 |
Cita | Cueto López, M., Rodríguez Martínez, J.M., Soriano Pérez, M.J., López Cerero, L., Venero, J. y Pascual Hernández, Á. (2008). Fatal levofloxacin failure in treatment of a bacteremic patient infected with Streptococcus pneumoniae with a preexisting parC mutation. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 46 (4), 1558-1560. |
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