Fluoroquinolone-resistantSalmonellaParatyphi A

Fluoroquinolone-resistant Salmonella Paratyphi A

studies of this species. Our main concern about their work is the inaccurate picture that is presented of the cholera epidemic in Brazil. Some of the statements made in the final paragraphs are in disagreement with the official epidemiologic records and the characteristics of the Vibrio bacteria that occurred in Brazil during the 1990s epidemic (2). In 1991, the seventh cholera pandemic reached...

Fluoroquinolone Induced Neurotoxicity: A Review

Introduction: Fluoroquinolones (FQs) are commonly used antibiotics both in inpatient and outpatient settings. Their therapeutic use ranges from the common respiratory, urinary tract and gastrointestinal infections to management of drug resistant tuberculosis and febrile neutropenia in immunocompromised patients. [1] Significant features of this group of antibiotics include their wide antibacter...

Etymologia: Fluoroquinolone

Fluoroquinolone-associated tendinopathy: a case report

Fluoroquinolone-associated tendinopathy is well described. This adverse effect however does not appear to be widely known among medical practitioners. We hereby described a case of ciprofloxacin-associated tendinopathy for which the adverse drug reaction was not suspected initially and the patient was inappropriately reassured and incorrectly advised to complete the antibiotic course. Given the...

Topical fluoroquinolone use as a risk factor for in vitro fluoroquinolone resistance in ocular cultures.

OBJECTIVE To determine whether recent use of topical fluoroquinolones is a risk factor for in vitro fluoroquinolone resistance in Staphylococcus aureus ocular isolates. METHODS Disk diffusion susceptibility testing for ciprofloxacin, moxifloxacin, and gatifloxacin was performed for all ocular isolates of S aureus at the Francis I. Proctor Foundation microbiology laboratory from January 1, 200...