In vitro susceptibility of Mycobacterium avium complex to the new fluoroquinolone sparfloxacin (CI-978; AT-4140) and comparison with ciprofloxacin.

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Published in Antimicrob Agents Chemother on December 01, 1990

Authors

D M Yajko1, C A Sanders, P S Nassos, W K Hadley

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center 94110.

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