Coadministration of oral levofloxacin with agents that impair its absorption: potential impact on emergence of resistance.

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Published in Int J Antimicrob Agents on October 01, 2005

Authors

Rhonda D Quain1, Todd D Barton, Neil O Fishman, Mark G Weiner, Ebbing Lautenbach

Author Affiliations

1: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, 19104, USA.

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