Volume 10, Number 11—November 2004
Dispatch
Decreased Levofloxacin Susceptibility in Haemophilus influenzae in Children, Hong Kong
Pak Leung Ho*
, Kin Hung Chow*, Gannon C. Mak*, Kenneth W. Tsang*, Yu Lung Lau*, Pak-Leung Ho* , Eileen L. Lai*, and Susan S. Chiu*
, Kin Hung Chow*, Gannon C. Mak*, Kenneth W. Tsang*, Yu Lung Lau*, Pak-Leung Ho* , Eileen L. Lai*, and Susan S. Chiu*Table 1
Levofloxacin and nalidixic acid MIC distributions of all Haemophilus influenzae strains
| MIC (μg/mL) | No. of strains |
|
|---|---|---|
| Levofloxacin | Nalidixic acid | |
| 0.001875 | 1 | 0 |
| 0.00375 | 1 | 0 |
| 0.0075 | 24 | 0 |
| 0.015 | 464 | 0 |
| 0.03 | 66 | 0 |
| 0.06 | 2 | 0 |
| 0.125 | 5 | 0 |
| 0.5 | 0 | 105 |
| 1 | 0 | 303 |
| 2 | 0 | 147 |
| 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 64 | 0 | 4 |
| >128 | 0 | 1 |
