Resistance to Levofloxacin and Failure of Treatment of Pneumococcal Pneumonia
- 4 July 2002
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 347 (1) , 65-67
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm200207043470115
Abstract
Davidson et al. (March 7 issue)1 describe four patients with pneumococcal pneumonia in whom therapy with oral levofloxacin failed. We report on a patient with pneumococcal pneumonia and bacteremia in whom meningitis and sepsis developed after an initial clinical response to levofloxacin therapy.Keywords
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