Levofloxacin (Levaquin) Resistance Seen in Pediatric Pneumococca...

Courtesy MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Mon, 03/24/2008 - 08:51

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- The use of fluoroquinolone antibiotics to treat drug-resistant tuberculosis in children has given rise to Streptococcus pneumoniae that is resistant to levofloxacin (Levaquin), researchers here said.


 

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