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Multicenter Spanish study of ciprofloxacin susceptibility in gram-negative bacteria

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The susceptibility of 2,426 gram-negative bacteria obtained from 18 Spanish hospitals to ciprofloxacin was evaluated. Among different medical centers, susceptibility to ciprofloxacin ranged from 83 to 100 % forEnterobacteriaceae, from 35 to 100 % forPseudomonas aeruginosa, from 0 to 100 % forXanthomonas maltophilia, Acinetobacter spp. and other gram-negative non-fermenting bacilli, and from 33 to 100 % forCampylobacter spp. All clinical isolates ofHaemophilus influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis andNeisseria gonorrhoeae were susceptible to ciprofloxacin.

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  1. Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Hospital Universitario, Paseo de San Vicente 108, 37007, Salamanca, Spain

    J. A. García-Rodríguez, M. J. Fresnadillo, M. I. García García, E. García-Sánchez, J. E. García-Sánchez & I. Trujillano

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Spanish Study Group on Quinolone Resistance: J.A. García-Rodríguez, J.E. García-Sánchez, E. García-Sánchez, I. Trujillano, M.I. García García, M.J. Fresnadillo (Salamanca); F. Baquero, J. Martínez Beltrán, E. Bouza, M. Rodríguez, M. López Brea, J.J. Picazo, F. Soriano (Madrid); E. Perea (Sevilla); M. de la Rosa, G. Piédrola (Granada); F. Martín Luengo (Murcia); J. García de Lomas, M. Gobernado (Valencia); R. Martín, G. Prats (Barcelona); R. Gómez Lus, M.L. Aisa (Zaragoza); R. Cisterna (Vizcaya); C. García Riestra (Santiago de Compostela).

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García-Rodríguez, J.A., Fresnadillo, M.J., García García, M.I. et al. Multicenter Spanish study of ciprofloxacin susceptibility in gram-negative bacteria. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 14, 456–459 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02114906

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