tuberculosis in children

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

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.