Gemifloxacin use in the treatment of acute bacterial exacerbation of chronic bronchitis
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Gemifloxacin use in the treatment of acute bacterial exacerbation of chronic bronchitis
The newest generation of fluoroquinolones have proven efficacy against bacterial organisms associated with acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis (AECB). Gemifloxacin, as one of the quinolones in this class, exhibits many of the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic characteristics of the class with a few notable differences. Against Streptococccus pneumoniae it has a lower minimal inhibitory c...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1178-2005
DOI: 10.2147/copd.s3903