Abstract
Thirty-seven patients with meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections and/or colonization were treated with oral ciprofloxacin (750 mg twice a day). Clinical cure or improvement of infections occurred in 91% of the patients, and bacteriologic cure occurred in 60%. Ciprofloxacin therapy suppressed methicillin-resistant S. aureus colonization in 55% of the patients. Ciprofloxacin-resistant strains emerged in 6 of the 37 patients.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 128-130 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1989 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pharmacology
- Pharmacology (medical)
- Infectious Diseases