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The activity of ciprofloxacin and other 4-quinolones againstChlamydia trachomatis andMycoplasmas in vitro

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Ciprofloxacin was found to be the most active of a group of 4-quinolone antibiotics tested against the SA2 f strain ofChlamydia trachomatis (MBC and MIC 1.0 mg/l). Against genital isolates ofChlamydia trachomatis, Ciprofloxacin was twice as active as rosoxacin. Ciprofloxacin showed similar activity to that of oxytetracycline against clinical isolates ofMycoplasma hominis andUreaplasma urealyticum, and was 8-fold more active than rosoxacin against the latter.

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  1. Department of Clinical Microbiology, Medicine University College Hospital, London WC1, England

    G. L. Ridgway, G. Mumtaz & F. G. Gabriel

  2. Genito-Urinary, Medicine University College Hospital, London WC1, England

    J. D. Oriel

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Ridgway, G.L., Mumtaz, G., Gabriel, F.G. et al. The activity of ciprofloxacin and other 4-quinolones againstChlamydia trachomatis andMycoplasmas in vitro. Eur. J, Clin. Microbiol. 3, 344–346 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01977491

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