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JAC Advance Access published online on January 16, 2004
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, doi:10.1093/jac/dkh092
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© 2004 The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Review

Activity of gemifloxacin against Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae

Ian Morrissey 1 * and Glenn Tillotson 2

1 GR Micro Ltd., 7-9 William Road, London NW1 3ER, UK;
2 Public Health Research Institute, Newark, NJ, USA

* Corresponding author. E-mail: i.morrissey{at}grmicro.co.uk.

Abstract

This review focuses on the activity of gemifloxacin, a new respiratory fluoroquinolone, against the two most important bacterial pathogens associated with lower respiratory tract infections, namely Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae.

Keywords: fluoroquinolones, respiratory tract infections, fluoroquinolone resistance, community-acquired pneumonia, acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis
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