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In Vitro Activity of Ciprofloxacin Against Clinical Isolates of Chlamydia trachomatis

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Ciprofloxacin

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In the search for antimicrobic agents to combat sexually transmitted diseases, the new compound ciprofloxacin has raised great expectations. The effectiveness of this drug against a number of relevant bacteria has already been demonstrated in several publications (1, 2). It therefore seemed of particular interest to investigate the activity of ciprofloxacin against Chlamydia trachomatis, an important human genital pathogen.

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  1. Department of Virology, Institute of Medical Microbiology, Technical University Munich, Biedersteinerstr. 29, 8000, Munich 40, Germany

    H. Meier-Ewert, G. Weil & G. Millott

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Meier-Ewert, H., Weil, G., Millott, G. (1986). In Vitro Activity of Ciprofloxacin Against Clinical Isolates of Chlamydia trachomatis . In: Neu, H.C., Reeves, D.S. (eds) Ciprofloxacin. Current Topics in Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, vol 1. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-663-01930-5_11

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