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Volume 14, Number 2—February 2008
Letter

Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Group B Streptococci in Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Bronchitis

Asmaa Tazi*†‡, Thomas Gueudet§, Emanuelle Varon*, Liliane Gilly‡, Patrick Trieu-Cuot*¶, and Claire Poyart*†‡¶Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: *Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France; †Institut National de la Santé de la Recherche Médicale, Paris, France; ‡Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France; §Laboratoire Schuh-Biosphere, Strasbourg, France; ¶Institut Pasteur, Paris, France;

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Table

MICs of fluoroquinolones for strains of group B streptococci (GBS), France

Strain
MIC (mg/L)*
Pef
Nor
Cip
Spa
Lev
Mox
GBS CNR07017 >64 >64 4 1 4 1
GBS NEM316 16 8 2 0.5 1 0.25

*Pef, pefloxacin; Nor, norfloxacin; Cip, ciprofloxacin; Spa, sparfloxacin; Lev, levofloxacin; Mox, moxifloxacin.

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